Lit Hub Daily: May 10, 2022

• “They are exploring what it means to be a cowboy in contemporary America.” Dispatches from the country’s only touring Black rodeo. | Lit Hub Photography

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• What can literature tell us about the “profound emotions connected with great science”? | Lit Hub Science

• “Twenty years ago, if I’d wanted to recreate one of my book’s covers using my own body, it would have involved losing 100 pounds, and also my head.” Jennifer Weiner on the evolution of book covers. | Lit Hub

• Bud Smith recommends great road trip novels, as he embarks on a road trip to promote his road trip novel, Teenager. | Lit Hub Reading Lists

• “Limón does not come at truth with the slant of Dickinson; she is, rather, more inclined toward a direct punch to the gut.” Sara B. Franklin on the brilliance of Ada Limón. | Lit Hub Poetry

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• Nick Ripatrazone revisits an infamous UFO case that he’s spent his life trying to avoid. | Lit Hub

• This month’s 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers features Brad Listi, Alison Espach, Cleyvis Natera, Steve Toltz, and Pyae Moe Thet War. | Lit Hub

• Dervla McTiernan on the new wave of limited series adapted from standalone thrillers. | CrimeReads

• “In imagining that a single person could have been responsible for Anne Frank’s death, are we not betraying her still?” Ruth Franklin on The Betrayal of Anne Frank. | NYRB

• Jo Livingstone digs into the peculiar cultural history of Mercury in retrograde. | Harper’s Bazaar

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• Meet the new class of rare book collectors. | The New York Times

• “There is something compelling about the special hells that young people go through.” Meiko Kawakami discusses her new novel. | inews

• Why do you feel sad when you finish reading a book? Howard Timberlake investigates. | BBC

• Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is launching a project to donate books to 200 refugee children in London under the age of five. | The Guardian

• Neil McRobert ranks the 50 best horror books of all time. | Esquire

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Also on Lit Hub: Minnie Driver on walking out of a (pervy, humiliating) audition • What does it mean to “look” ill? • Read “Monody,” a poem by Canisia Lubrin