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LitHub Daily: November 18, 2016

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TODAY: In 1985, Calvin & Hobbes is first published.

Nathaniel Popkin on the trickle-down effect of half-truths, post-truths, and lies.
After Bolaño, the deluge: on the steady of surge Latin-American writing appearing in English
Rules for radicals: in search of San Francisco’s revolutionary bookstores
Finding America at the gun range: James Boice pulls the trigger for research.
“Be kind to everybody, make art, and fight the power.” The National Book Award acceptance speeches from Colson Whitehead, Ibram X. Kendi, and Rep. John Lewis. | Vulture
In which Karl Ove Knausgaard smokes a cigarette and discusses writing his first book. | The Paris Review
Sinclair Lewis’ It Can’t Happen Here, one of the many books that allegedly predicted Trump’s rise to power, has sold out on major online book retailers. | MONEY
‘Come, sonny boy!’ The nominees for this year’s Bad Sex in Fiction Award have been announced. | The Cut
From National Parks to white nationalism, a post-election reading list. | FSG Works in Progress
Bob Dylan has informed the Swedish Academy (in, at least, a personal letter) that he will not be attending their award ceremony. | The New York Times
Just call them comics: Against the now-irrelevant term “graphic novel.” | NPR

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