“It was sickening”: Read Chekhov’s withering review of his own first play’s opening night.

July 14, 2021  By Walker Caplan   Posted In  History  News and Culture  The Hub 
0

Booksellers at Hong Kong’s book fair are being forced to self-censor their selections.

July 14, 2021  By Walker Caplan   Posted In  Bookstores and Libraries  News and Culture  Politics  The Hub 
0

Read Cornel West’s scathing resignation letter to Harvard Divinity School.

July 14, 2021  By Walker Caplan   Posted In  News and Culture  The Hub 
0

Republicans support (making) local libraries (more racist).

July 14, 2021  By Jessie Gaynor   Posted In  The Hub 

A new biography of Leonard Cohen—in comic form—is coming this fall.

July 14, 2021  By Vanessa Willoughby   Posted In  Book News  News and Culture  The Hub 
0

Roberto Bolaño’s best advice for writing short stories is . . . pretty wild.

July 14, 2021  By Emily Temple   Posted In  Craft and Advice  Craft and Criticism  Reading Lists  The Hub 
0

5 food memoirs to dig into for National Culinary Arts Month.

July 14, 2021  By Katie Yee   Posted In  Reading Lists  The Hub 
0

Lit Hub Daily: July 14, 2021

THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET

July 14, 2021  By Lit Hub Daily   Posted In  Lit Hub Daily 
1

Plot Is Just Music You Sing In Your Mind: How Popular Rock Songs Can Help Shape Your Novel

Katie Crouch on Structure, Character Development, and the Band CAKE

July 14, 2021  By Katie Crouch   Posted In  Craft and Advice  Craft and Criticism  Features  Music  News and Culture 
0

Kaveh Akbar on Getting Sober and the Supernatural Language of Writing

In Conversation with Jordan Kisner on the Thresholds Podcast

July 14, 2021  By Thresholds    Posted In  Craft and Advice  Craft and Criticism  Features  In Conversation  Lit Hub Radio  Thresholds 
0

Shirley Jackson on Navigating Literary Fame Alongside Financial Uncertainty

The Struggles of a Great American Writer, Revealed in Letters to Her Parents

July 14, 2021  By Shirley Jackson   Posted In  Biography  Craft and Criticism  Features  Literary Criticism  News and Culture 
0

Matt Bell on Heeding the Dire Climate Warnings of Our Best Literary Prophets

The Author of Appleseed Recommends Work by Octavia Butler, Rebecca Roanhorse, Paolo Bacigalupi, and More

July 14, 2021  By Matt Bell   Posted In  Craft and Criticism  Features  Literary Criticism  Reading Lists 
0

Voyage Into Genre with T. L. Huchu, P. Djèlí Clark, and Kamau Ware

Introducing Our New Podcast with Tor Books

July 14, 2021  By Tor Presents: Voyage Into Genre    Posted In  Craft and Advice  Craft and Criticism  Features  Lit Hub Radio  Literary Criticism  Tor Presents: Voyage Into Genre 
0

“The World Is Beautiful but You Are Not in It”

A Poem by Morgan Parker

July 14, 2021  By Morgan Parker   Posted In  Features  Fiction and Poetry  News and Culture  Poem 
0

From Fabulist Stories to Cold War Potboilers: 5 Books You May Have Missed in June

Bethanne Patrick Recommends Nana Nkweti, Lana Bastašić, and More

July 14, 2021  By Bethanne Patrick   Posted In  Craft and Criticism  Features  Literary Criticism  Reading Lists 
0

Why Is Jerry Seinfeld One of the Most Successful Stand-Up Comedians of All Time?

David Steinberg on the Life and Times of an Iconic Entertainer

July 14, 2021  By David Steinberg   Posted In  Biography  Features  Humor  Memoir  News and Culture 
0

Matt Bell on Solving Crises Through Speculative Fiction (and Having Fun Doing It)

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

July 14, 2021  By Otherppl with Brad Listi   Posted In  Craft and Advice  Craft and Criticism  Features  In Conversation  Lit Hub Radio  Otherppl with Brad Listi 
0

How Sicilians Are Mobilizing in Support of Migrants’ Rights

Jamie Mackay on the Island’s Diverse Present and Future

July 14, 2021  By Jamie Mackay   Posted In  Features  History  News and Culture  Politics 
0

Tia Williams on the Meta Experience of Writing About Black Authors in a White Publishing Industry

This Week from the Reading Women Podcast

July 14, 2021  By Reading Women   Posted In  Features  Lit Hub Radio  Reading Women 
0

What Losing My Childhood Dog Taught Me About Grief and Companionship

Chloe Shaw Tries to Answer One Question: “What is a Dog?”

July 14, 2021  By Chloe Shaw   Posted In  Features  Memoir  News and Culture 
0

Page 766 of 1781