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Without Chawton House, would we have lost Jane Austen? | Lit Hub Criticism
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Eileen Myles on what it means to write pathetically. | Lit Hub Craft
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Florence Pugh delights as the antiheroine of The Wonder, Sebastián Leilo’s new adaptation of Emma Donoghue’s novel. | Lit Hub Film & TV
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Bad Religion’s Greg Graffin recalls punk’s early publicity problems: “Nowhere in these films or features did they talk about punk as being musically and lyrically compelling.” | Lit Hub Music
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Ben Mattlin considers how disability pride has evolved in the three decades since the ADA became law. | Lit Hub Politics
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Michelle Obama’s The Light We Carry, Steve Martin’s Number One Is Walking, and Meg Howrey’s They’re Going to Love You all feature among the Best Reviewed Books of the Week. | Book Marks
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Michael Dirda makes the case for reading old books, both classic and undersung. | The Washington Post
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“Things are scarier inside fairy tales because there is no cushion between you and another person’s will, you and the will of the world. There is no room for mistakes.” Nan Z. Da on Yiyun Li’s The Book of Goose. | Public Books
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Edward Mendelson considers the modest claims and world-defining ambition of Mrs. Dalloway. | NYRB
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“Minor artworks for minor people—this is the implication.” Ryan Lackey considers Helen DeWitt’s oeuvre. | The Millions
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Rapid-fire book recs from Haruki Murakami. | The New York Times
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Authors and fans remember children’s author Marcus Sedgwick, who has died at the age of 54. | The Guardian
Also on Lit Hub: Finding a hero in Wednesday Addams as a closeted and neurodivergent tween • Read the title poem from Franny Choi’s new collection • Read “Those Who Wait,” a story from the new issue of Shenandoah
