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“Ada was twelve when her mother killed the dog. She was relieved when it died. It made her realize that life wasn’t for everyone.” Read from Albertine Clarke’s new novel, The Body Builders.
Eric Wagner recommends six essential books about birds by Adam Nicolson, J.A. Baker, Helen MacDonald, and more.
This week in literary history: that time Tolkien stopped W. H. Auden from writing a book about him.
Tanya Bush thinks you should embrace nostalgia (by baking cinnamon swirl banana bread).
Jeffery Renard Allen on love, loss, and the impact of jazz on his creative and personal lives.
“She gives herself room to revel in the playfulness and re-invention of a new genre, defying expectations of Black women just as hip hop was becoming the dominant sound of radio.” Jessica Lynne praises Missy Elliott’s sonic world.
“I saw that the blue ridge mountains were everywhere, and that the gift of fiction was to connect me to everybody.” Robert Morgan remembers reading War and Peace for the first time.
“Economists are the unacknowledged poets of the world.” Ed Simon considers money as an overlooked language.
What being a professional athlete can teach you about writing.
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“I feel wild and lonely, and wonder if that’s how I am desired: unknown and at a distance. It’s easier not to care from that far away.”—Michael Torres #AbolishICE @literaryhub.bsky.social
Why are there so many Jane Austen adaptations? And why do we keep watching?
The Authors Guild is expanding its Human Authored certification program to allow publishers and non-Guild members certify that their work is untainted by AI.
Indies, genre, and trends towards the analog are all to thank for helping an increase in adult fiction sales.
In case you missed it: Workers at the American Library Association have announced that they’re forming union with AFSCME Council 31.
Brittany Allen recommends books to help you understand what’s happening in Iran.
The Lit Hub staff spent the week loving omakase, booksellers, and more!
From publishing scams to iced coffee, catch up on the news with these Venn diagrams.
“Aphrodite perched on her rock at Paphos, and looked out at the Cyprian sea. No wonder she always came here when one or another of the gods had irritated her.” Read from @nataliehaynes.bsky.social’s novel, No Friend to This House.
Benjamin Hale explains the process of turning a magazine article into a book.
Saba Sams’ Gunk, Vigdis Hjorth’s Repetition, and Terry Tempest Williams’ The Glorians all number among the best reviewed books of the week.
Jess deCourcy Hinds celebrates the librarians who inspired her for International Women’s Day.
Ronen Givony traces the ascent of Pitchfork and the early days of online music criticism.
“I wish you green-blue walks along / the river’s edge, the verge, the itch / of wishing quelled by knowing well—” Read “French Walk,” a poem by Anna Lena Phillips Bell from the collection Might Could.
“She held all the possibilities at once, suspended in uncertainty.” Stories from America’s caregiving crisis.
“I think part of the role of ambiguity relates to my own ambivalence. I don’t know what to make of things.” Larry Sultan on art and ambiguity.
The pathway out of poverty can only be cleared—and forged—when we all are involved and recognize parents in poverty as capable and worthy. The parents Nicole Lynn Lewis refers to are student parents who are raising kids while getting a degree. @literaryhub.bsky.social
Are we reviewing ourselves to death? “If someone tells me something nice, great, but otherwise, I’ve done my part. I made you a thing, world. I gave you a piece of myself.”
