Lit Hub Daily: November 1, 2022

• “Even—or perhaps particularly—in the land of my ancestors, I am expected to be the servant and not the guest.” Dionne Irving considers tourism and the remnants of empire in Jamaica. | Lit Hub Travel

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• 18 new books to kick off your November reading. | The Hub

• Traveling into the unknown: Teow Lim Goh on bearing witness to nature, the history of Chinese immigrants in the Old West, and her own psyche. | Lit Hub

• Manuel Muñoz reflects on failing to tell the story of his absent biological father, a man who “had always seemed beyond imagination.” | Lit Hub Memoir

• Louise Kennedy on the gifts of her writing shed (mice and all). | Lit Hub

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• “I’m the only queer person I know in my Caribbean family, but not for a minute do I believe that I am actually the only queer person in my Caribbean family.” Suzette Mayr searches for Black queer life between the lines of history. | Lit Hub

• A call to change our notions of illness and disability. | Lit Hub Philosophy

• Jennifer Lynn Alvarez on the morality of immorality in thrillers. | CrimeReads

• New books by Rebeccca Roanhorse, Chuck Wendig, and N.K. Jemisin all feature among November’s most-anticipated SF and Fantasy releases. | Book Marks

• “Stine wasn’t interested in teaching kids healthy values.” A reflection on 30 years of Goosebumps. | NPR

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• Jeremy Dauber considers the biting relevance of Dracula: “Where Stoker’s novel may resonate most powerfully today is in the way it talks about information: how it spreads, who believes it, who doesn’t.” | The Atlantic

• “Tawada’s lifelong exploration of language is countered only by her lifelong search for Europe—where it begins, where it ends, and who it belongs to.” Reed McConnell on the work of Yoko Tawada. | The Baffler

• Andrew Bird discusses the origin of his Phoebe Bridgers/Emily Dickinson collaboration. | Vanity Fair

• Pickleball skeptic Nora Krug considers two new books about the trendy sport. | The Washington Post

• Livia Gershon recounts the history of the zombie film. | JSTOR Daily

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• P.N. Hinton recommends books that spotlight Black joy. | Book Riot

Also on Lit Hub: David Treuer on republishing his debut novel • A history of witches and puritans in 1630s New England • Read from Blair Braverman’s debut novel, Small Game