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The Eight Mountains

Paolo Cognetti, Trans. by Simon Carnell and Erica Segre

“My father had his own way of going to the mountains: scarcely inclined to meditation, full of obstinacy and arrogance.”

March 14, 2018  By Lit Hub Excerpts   Posted In  Daily Fiction  Excerpts  Fiction and Poetry  From the Novel  Novels 
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What Just Happened in West Virginia?

Elizabeth Catte: 10 Books to Better Understand
the Historic Teachers Strike

March 14, 2018  By Elizabeth Catte   Posted In  Features  Reading Lists 
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Dear Book Therapist: A New Advice Column from Rosalie Knecht

Got a Problem? Let a Licensed Therapist Prescribe a Book

March 14, 2018  By Rosalie Knecht   Posted In  Craft and Advice  Craft and Criticism  Features 
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Is It Worth 1,000 Words? Mark Sarvas on Writing Art in Fiction

A Brief Survey of Paintings in Literature

March 14, 2018  By Mark Sarvas   Posted In  Art and Photography  Craft and Criticism  Features  Literary Criticism  News and Culture 
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Living Inside the Brain of a 250-Year-Old Man

Brian Castner on Following the Trail of Alexander Mackenzie

March 14, 2018  By Brian Castner   Posted In  Craft and Advice  Craft and Criticism  Features 
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How Many Must Die? Teachers Reflect on Gun Violence and Student Protest

Thoughts from the Classroom One Month After Parkland

March 14, 2018  By Literary Hub   Posted In  Features  News and Culture  Politics 
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Battling American Obfuscation as a Young Black Reporter in Vietnam

Dr. Mary Frances Berry Recalls Her Experience on the Ground

March 14, 2018  By Mary Frances Berry   Posted In  Features  History  News and Culture 
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‘Ida is Not Universal Hope’ by Simone Kearney

From Her New Collection, My Ida

March 14, 2018  By Simone Kearney   Posted In  Features  Fiction and Poetry  Poem 
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What Good is a Pain Scale if Nobody Believes You?

Abby Norman on All-Consuming Pain and the Birth of Dolorimetry

March 14, 2018  By Abby Norman   Posted In  Features 
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Lit Hub Daily: March 13, 2018

THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET

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Men and Apparitions

Lynne Tillman

“In different periods, artists “imitated life” differently, because, duh, life was different.”

March 13, 2018  By Lit Hub Excerpts   Posted In  Daily Fiction  Excerpts  Fiction and Poetry  From the Novel  Novels 
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Daniel Mallory Ortberg: “Experiencing the Joy of Transitioning Feels Really Powerful”

The Merry Spinster Author in conversation with Nicole Chung

March 13, 2018  By Nicole Chung   Posted In  Craft and Criticism  Features  In Conversation  Popular Posts 
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10 Brilliant Retellings of Classical Myths by Female Writers

(And One Singer-Songwriter)

March 13, 2018  By Sarah Henstra   Posted In  Features  Reading Lists 
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Writing Rules That Were Made to Be Broken: Kill Your Darlings

Laura Van Den Berg for Grub Street's "Rules to Be Broken" Series

March 13, 2018  By Laura van den Berg   Posted In  Craft and Advice  Craft and Criticism  Features 
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Esmé Weijun Wang Finds Her Way Back to a Beloved Childhood Dish

How Illness Took Me Away from the Foods of My Youth

March 13, 2018  By Esmé Weijun Wang   Posted In  Features  Food  Memoir  News and Culture 
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Photographing a New Era of American Leisure During the Vietnam War

Exploring the Disconnect Between a Country at War and Its Citizens

March 13, 2018  By Joel Meyerowitz   Posted In  Art and Photography  Features  News and Culture 
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5 Writers, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

Teddy Wayne Talks Inspiration, Craft, and Dream Jobs

March 13, 2018  By Teddy Wayne   Posted In  Craft and Criticism  Features  In Conversation 
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Lit Hub Daily: March 12, 2018

THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET

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10 Authors Whose Best Work Was Published Posthumously

A Tragedy for Literary Egos Everywhere

March 12, 2018  By Emily Temple   Posted In  Features  Reading Lists 
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Did Thoreau Actually Live on Walden Pond?

"A Lake is the Landscape’s Most Beautiful and Expressive Feature"

March 12, 2018  By Robert Thorson   Posted In  Features  History  Nature  News and Culture 
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