Lit Hub Daily: March 7, 2023

TODAY: In 1923, The New Republic publishes Robert Frost’s iconic poem “Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening.”  

• If you’re heading to Seattle for AWP, here’s where to eat, drink, and visit, according to local writers. | Lit Hub

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• 11 new books to get your hands on this week. | The Hub

• OSCARS WEEK: What to read (and watch) after Best Picture hopefuls Triangle of Sadness and The Banshees of Inisherin. | Lit Hub Film & TV

• “Time becomes less an inevitable, external thing spread in front of you…” Rachel Ranie Taube reads Jenny Odell’s Saving Time as a new mother. | Lit Hub Criticism

• “This is the point in the movie where you start to worry about Cary’s personal hygiene. Start to ITCH.” Todd McEwan sings the ballad of Cary Grant’s suit in North by Northwest. | Lit Hub Film & TV

• In praise of literary daddies: 9 books for fans of The Last of Us. | The Hub

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• Dina Nayeri reflects on the quest to fit in as an immigrant teen: “You should be interesting and new, but not unrecognizable, or of another realm.” | Lit Hub

• William Landay considers the uses of a favorite conceit, when a novel’s author is also its narrator. | CrimeReads

• “If the Harlem Renaissance is commonly understood as a period during which Black creatives were in vogue, then we’re in the midst of a new renaissance.” Adam Bradley on the new canon of Black literature. | The New York Times

• GD Dess looks at the tenuous relationship between book blurbs and the work itself. | The Millions

• Read “How I Became a Vet,” a new story by Rivka Galchen. | The New Yorker

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• Bookmobiles—always a good thing—are now getting into the delivery and distribution of banned books (also a good thing). | WBUR

• Bethany Ball on never actually making a living wage while working in publishing. | Electric Literature

• Stephen Elliot has settled his defamation lawsuit against Moira Donegan, creator of the “Shitty Media Men” list. | New York Post

Also on Lit Hub: A conversation with Idra Novey • Jac Jemc on finding a story while lost in research • Read from Rafael Frumkin’s latest novel, Confidence

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