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A Prayer for Travelers

Ruchika Tomar

August 2, 2019  By Lit Hub Excerpts   Posted In  Daily Fiction  Excerpts  Fiction and Poetry 
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What the Beginning of an Ebola Outbreak Looks Like

Richard Preston Chronicles the Epidemic of 2013

August 2, 2019  By Richard Preston   Posted In  Features  Health  News and Culture  Science 
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Walter Benjamin: How WWI Changed the Meaning of ‘Barbaric’

On the 'Monstrous Development of Technology'

August 2, 2019  By Walter Benjamin   Posted In  Features  History  Literary Criticism  News and Culture 
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The Astrology Book Club: What to Read This Month, Based on Your Sign

The Dog Days of Reading Are Here

August 2, 2019  By Emily Temple   Posted In  Features  Reading Lists 
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How Cooking Helped Me Find Joy After Coming Out

Veronica Esposito on Samin Nosrat and What Cooking Taught Her About Transitioning

August 2, 2019  By Veronica Esposito   Posted In  Features  Food  News and Culture 
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The Life of Afong Moy, the First Chinese Woman in America

Contending with the Orientalist Fears and Fantasies of a Young Nation

August 2, 2019  By Nancy E. Davis   Posted In  Features  History  News and Culture 
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People Who Look Like the Paintings They’re Looking At: A Photo Project

Photographer Stefan Draschan Quite Literally Waits for the Perfect Moment

August 2, 2019  By Stefan Draschan   Posted In  Art and Photography  News and Culture 
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Emily Cook on the Art of Getting Books into Bookstores

The Co-Founder of Cursor Marketing Services on
The Literary Life with Mitchell Kaplan

August 2, 2019  By The Literary Life   Posted In  Features  Lit Hub Radio  The Literary Life with Mitchell Kaplan 
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Sarah St. Vincent on Domestic Violence, Power, and Vulnerability

In Conversation with G.P. Gottlieb on the New Books Network

August 2, 2019  By New Books Network   Posted In  Features  Lit Hub Radio  New Books Network 
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Welcome to Women in Translation Month!

August 1, 2019  By Aaron Robertson   Posted In  Craft and Criticism  On Translation  The Hub 
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Edward Snowden’s memoir will be published in September.

August 1, 2019  By Corinne Segal   Posted In  Book News  News and Culture  The Hub 
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Don’t forget to watch the Ursula K. Le Guin documentary tomorrow night.

August 1, 2019  By Jonny Diamond   Posted In  Film and TV  The Hub 
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Lit Hub Daily: August 1, 2019

THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET

August 1, 2019  By Lit Hub Daily   Posted In  Lit Hub Daily 
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Linda Holmes: Against the Narrow View of Romance Novels

The Author of Evvie Drake Starts Over on The Maris Review

August 1, 2019  By The Maris Review   Posted In  Features  Lit Hub Radio  The Maris Review 
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The Literal (and Figurative) Whiteness of
Moby Dick

For Herman Melville, the Color White Could Be Horrifyingly Bleak

August 1, 2019  By Gabrielle Bellot   Posted In  Craft and Criticism  Literary Criticism 
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On Svetlana Alexievich: What Can a Book Do in the Face of War?

Rachel Seiffert Considers Last Witnesses

August 1, 2019  By Rachel Seiffert   Posted In  Craft and Criticism  Features  History  Literary Criticism  News and Culture 
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10 Books You Should Read
This August

Recommended Reading from Lit Hub Staff and Contributors

August 1, 2019  By Literary Hub   Posted In  Features  Reading Lists 
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The Encyclopedic Genius of
Melville’s Masterpiece

On Moby Dick as a Way of Seeing the World

August 1, 2019  By Suzanne Conklin Akbari   Posted In  Craft and Criticism  Literary Criticism 
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The Life and Death of an American
Indie Press

What Exactly Happened to Curbside Splendor?

August 1, 2019  By Taylor Moore   Posted In  Book News  Features  News and Culture 
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On Our Relentless Quest for Bigfoot

What Does the Elusiveness of the Sasquatch Reveal About Human Nature?

August 1, 2019  By John Zada   Posted In  Features  Nature  News and Culture 
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