From Ancient Troy to 1990s Tennessee: Maria Zoccola on Creating an Afterlife For Homer’s Helen

“We’re raising eidolons, real and not-real, tales that move and breathe and stand side by side, speaking Troy into the future.”

January 14, 2025  By Maria Zoccola   Posted In  Craft and Advice  Craft and Criticism  Features  Literary Criticism 
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Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

Featuring Pico Iyer, Karissa Chen, Betty Shamieh and More

January 14, 2025  By Teddy Wayne   Posted In  Craft and Advice  Craft and Criticism  Features  In Conversation  Literary Criticism 
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In Defense of the Messy Queers: Why “Good” Representation Isn”t Enough

For Edward Underhill, “The fullness of life comes from the struggle.”

January 14, 2025  By Edward Underhill   Posted In  Craft and Advice  Craft and Criticism  Features  Literary Criticism 
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“The Dragon Flute”

Yukio Mishima (trans. Sam Bett)

January 14, 2025  By Lit Hub Excerpts   Posted In  Daily Fiction  Excerpts  Fiction and Poetry  Short Stories  Short Story 
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Pico Iyer! Helen of Troy in the ’90s! An African history of Africa! 27 new books out today.

January 14, 2025  By Gabrielle Bellot   Posted In  Craft and Criticism  Literary Criticism  Reading Lists  The Hub 
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Is an NFL player reading a book on the sidelines a win for books?

January 13, 2025  By James Folta   Posted In  Sports  The Hub 
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At this year’s MLA convention, protestors put Palestine on the docket.

January 13, 2025  By Brittany Allen   Posted In  Events  History  News and Culture  Politics  The Hub 
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You can now find Jhumpa Lahiri’s first drafts at the New York Public Library.

January 13, 2025  By Brittany Allen   Posted In  Biography  Book News  Bookstores and Libraries  Events  News and Culture  The Hub 
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Here are this year’s finalists for The Story Prize.

January 13, 2025  By Literary Hub   Posted In  Book News  The Hub 
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Lit Hub Daily: January 13, 2025

THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET

January 13, 2025  By Lit Hub Daily   Posted In  Lit Hub Daily 
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Defying Empire: On the Perennially Relevant Political Message of Wicked

Aaron Boehmer Considers Enemies of the State, in the US and Oz

January 13, 2025  By Aaron Boehmer   Posted In  Features  Film and TV  News and Culture  Politics 
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An Emotional Time Machine: How Our Sense of Smell Can Unlock Childhood Memories

Jonas Olofsson on the Science Behind the Hidden Olfactory Keys to Times Long Past

January 13, 2025  By Jonas Olofsson   Posted In  Features  News and Culture  Science 
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The Politics of Place: A Conversation Between Shze-Hui Tjoa and Farah Ali

The Authors of “The Story Game” and “The River, The Town” Discuss Memory, c-PTSD, and the Ethics of Re-Imagining

January 13, 2025  By Shze-Hui Tjoa and Farah Ali   Posted In  Craft and Criticism  Features  Health  In Conversation 
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Danielle Legros Georges on Docupoetics, the Nuances of Haiti, and Letter-Writing as Poetry

The “Author of Three Leaves, Three Roots: Poems on the Haiti–Congo” Story in Conversation with Poets.org

January 13, 2025  By Literary Hub   Posted In  Craft and Advice  Craft and Criticism  Features  In Conversation  Literary Criticism 
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“Familiars”

John Rolfe Gardiner

January 13, 2025  By Lit Hub Excerpts   Posted In  Daily Fiction  Excerpts  Fiction and Poetry  From the Novel  Short Stories 
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Paolo Bacigalupi on Building Worlds

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

January 13, 2025  By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing    Posted In  Craft and Advice  Craft and Criticism  Features  First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing  In Conversation  Lit Hub Radio 
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Susan Lieu on Not Letting the Past Stay in the Past

From the Write-minded Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

January 13, 2025  By Memoir Nation    Posted In  Craft and Advice  Craft and Criticism  Features  Lit Hub Radio  Memoir Nation 
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Lit Hub Weekly: January 6 – 10, 2025

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January 11, 2025  By Lit Hub Daily   Posted In  Lit Hub Daily 
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There’s a new movie version of Hamlet staged in Grand Theft Auto.

January 10, 2025  By Olivia Rutigliano   Posted In  Film and TV  The Hub 
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Here’s How You Can Help Fire-Affected Angelenos

Every Little Bit Helps

January 10, 2025  By Brittany Allen   Posted In  Bookstores and Libraries  Climate Change  Features  Health  Nature  Politics 
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