Lit Hub Daily: November 15, 2021

TODAY: In 1903, Japanese haiku poet Tatsuko Hoshino is born.   

• “No coverage of the sacking of the Capitol was complete without a photo of him sitting in the vice-president’s chair.” What a QAnon cultist’s conspiracy manifesto tells us about the state of American politics. | Lit Hub Politics

• The Center for Fiction’s 2021 First Novel Prize finalists share the first book they ever fell in love with. | Lit Hub

• Check out behind-the-scenes photographs of Spike Lee’s iconic 1988 film, School Daze. | Lit Hub Film

• Masha Rumer considers the history, myths, and benefits of bilingualism—and why it carries a stigma in the US. | Lit Hub

• “Making art during a pandemic also clarifies your work.” Five Asian American writers—Sadia Quraeshi Shepard, Jireh Deng, Jemimah Wei, Chen Chen, and Jefferson Lee—discuss the pandemic and flash fiction. | Lit Hub

• Climate change, shifting global politics, an aging society: Alfred McCoy breaks down the world order over the next century. | Lit Hub

• Emma Straub reveals her top 20 books of 2021. | Emma Straub’s Newsletter

• R. O. Kwon discusses the challenges of writing through political and social turmoil. | Catapult

• When writing about real people in historical fiction, what are the consequences of taking artistic liberties? | Writer’s Digest

• Miranda Suarez, Laurie Halse Anderson, Maia Kobabe, and Jacqueline Woodson share their thoughts about recent book bans in schools. | NPR

• Who was Beatrix Potter? Illustrator Joana Avillez explores. | The New York Times

• Katie Moench lays out the case for giving children scary books. | Book Riot

• Louise Erdrich unpacks the creative choices behind her new novel. | Oprah Daily

Also on Lit Hub: How Lincoln broke the constitutional compact in order to save it • Inside the glamorous, precarious world of downtown NYC dining • Read from Manon Steffan Ros’ debut novel, The Blue Book of Nebo

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