June’s Best Reviewed Nonfiction

Featuring Griffin Dunne, Joni Mitchell, Olivia Laing, and More

June 28, 2024  By Book Marks   Posted In  Craft and Criticism  Features  Literary Criticism  Reading Lists 
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From Shopping to Sex: Indexing the Life of Sylvia Plath

Carl Rollyson on the Revelations and Limits of a Quantitative Exercise

June 28, 2024  By Carl Rollyson   Posted In  Biography  News and Culture 
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June’s Best Reviewed Fiction

Featuring New Titles by Sarah Perry, Joseph O’Neill, Rachel Cusk, and More

June 28, 2024  By Book Marks   Posted In  Craft and Criticism  Features  Literary Criticism  Reading Lists 
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What We Can Learn From the Boy Scouts of America’s Fight For LGBTQ+ Equality

Mike De Socio on the Legal and Cultural Battle for Queer Rights and Recognition Within an All-American Institution

June 28, 2024  By Mike De Socio   Posted In  Features  News and Culture  Politics 
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Julia Phillips on the Writing Lessons of Fairy Tales

"Close the circle—even if your characters suffer, your readers will remember it."

June 28, 2024  By Julia Phillips   Posted In  Craft and Advice  Craft and Criticism  Features  Literary Criticism 
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Ann Beattie! Mysterious Korean SF! Colin Channer! 26 books out in paperback this July.

June 28, 2024  By Gabrielle Bellot   Posted In  Craft and Criticism  Literary Criticism  The Hub 
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AudioFile’s Best Audiobooks of June

The Month in Literary Listening

June 28, 2024  By AudioFile Magazine   Posted In  Craft and Criticism  Features  Literary Criticism  Reading Lists 
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“Instructions for the Lovers.” A Poem by Dawn Lundy Martin

From the Collection “Instructions for the Lovers”

June 28, 2024  By Dawn Lundy Martin   Posted In  Features  Fiction and Poetry  Poem 
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Beauty in Discomfort: In Defense of the Trauma Narrative

Emily Usher on the Enduring Importance of Writing About Pain

June 28, 2024  By Emily Usher   Posted In  Craft and Advice  Craft and Criticism  Features  Health  Literary Criticism  Memoir 
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Teenage Queen: Behind the Scenes on the Set of My Lady Jane

Alexis Gunderson on Bringing the Little Told Story of Lady Jane Grey to the Screen

June 27, 2024  By Alexis Gunderson   Posted In  Biography  Film and TV  History  News and Culture 
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Lit Hub Daily: June 27, 2024

THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET

June 27, 2024  By Lit Hub Daily   Posted In  Lit Hub Daily 
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On the Time Benjamin Franklin, American Show-Off, Jumped Naked Into the Thames

Vicki Valosik on Our Millennia Long Love-Hate Relationship With Getting in the Water

June 27, 2024  By Vicki Valosik   Posted In  Features  History  News and Culture  Sports 
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New Mythologies of the Frontier: A Neo-Western Reading List

Kent Wascom Recommends Robin McLean, Charles Wilkinson Webber, Anna Burns, and More

June 27, 2024  By Kent Wascom   Posted In  Craft and Criticism  Features  Literary Criticism  Reading Lists 
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Am the Literary Asshole For Wanting to Tell People Their Writing Sucks?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

June 27, 2024  By Kristen Arnett   Posted In  Craft and Advice  Craft and Criticism  Features  In Conversation  Literary Criticism 
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How Ambivalence About Having Children Can Cause Relationship Turmoil

Anastasia Berg and Rachel Wiseman on Personal Fulfillment and Family Life in the 21st Century

June 27, 2024  By Anastasia Berg and Rachel Wiseman   Posted In  Features  Health  News and Culture 
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5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

“It offers something darker, colder, more fraught, and ultimately, singular and transcendent.”

June 27, 2024  By Book Marks   Posted In  Craft and Criticism  Features  Literary Criticism  Reading Lists 
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The 15 Best Book Covers of June

It's Mustard Season

June 27, 2024  By Emily Temple   Posted In  Design  Features  News and Culture 
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The Annotated Nightstand: What Tara M. Stringfellow Is Reading Now, and Next

Featuring Warsan Shire, Ann Patchett, Melissa Mogollon, and Others

June 27, 2024  By Diana Arterian   Posted In  Craft and Criticism  Features  Literary Criticism  Reading Lists 
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Akwaeke Emezi Doesn’t Outline Books and Waits for Their Cat to Sleep Before Writing

The Author of “Little Rot” Takes the Lit Hub Questionnaire

June 27, 2024  By Literary Hub   Posted In  Craft and Advice  Craft and Criticism  Fiction and Poetry  In Conversation 
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Prairie Edge

Conor Kerr

June 27, 2024  By Lit Hub Excerpts   Posted In  Daily Fiction  Excerpts  Fiction and Poetry  From the Novel  Novels 
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