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"If you determine to abandon me, I will be doubly ambitious." How to deal with rejection (and get revenge) like Edgar Allan Poe. | Lit Hub History
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Timothy Morton muses on hyperspace, the field beyond the speed of light, and how it relates to stream-of-consciousness narratives. | Lit Hub Science
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Elegy for the unforgiven: Askold Melnyczuk examines his "impulse to probe the hearts and minds" of unsympathetic characters. | Lit Hub Craft
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Sally Rooney's Beautiful World, Where Are You, Colson Whitehead's Harlem Shuffle, and Lauren Groff's Matrix all feature among the best reviewed books of the month. | Book Marks
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Olivia Rutigliano ranks every James Bond film ever made, from Connery to Craig. | CrimeReads
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"If characters are being created for illustrative purposes or representative purposes, you're kind of fucked." Jonathan Franzen and Merve Emre in conversation. | Vulture
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Ruth Ozeki discusses her Japanese identity, Shintoism, and writing after loss. | Harper's Bazaar
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"If I were to expose myself, I would become a character, a public fiction that would also condition the fiction of the writing." Elena Ferrante and Marina Abramović, in (email) conversation. | FT
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Examining the long, complex history of book censorship in the US. | Teen Vogue
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Namwali Serpell delves into "the fantasy of American race transformation" and the history of "passing" narratives. | The Yale Review
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"Please try to notice if every artist isn't ruthless in some way." Read an excerpt from Patricia Highsmith's diaries. | The New Yorker
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Anika T. Prather discusses the role of the classics in struggles for racial equality, and makes the case for their continued relevance for Black students. | The Point
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Jocelyn Nicole Johnson on her new collection and being a debut author at 50. | The New York Times
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"I think we're seeing a great falling apart, a great fracturing and fragmentation." Chuck Palahniuk talks to Kathryn Borel about writing in the internet age and more. | The Believer
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Richard Powers discusses the inspiration behind his new book, ornithology, and the possibilities of alien life. | Rain Taxi
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Hanif Abdurraqib breaks down the legacy of Soul Train. | NPR
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"There's something wonderfully defiant about the way she dumped English, like a child asserting that he no longer plans to wear shoes." On Jhumpa Lahiri's turn toward Italian. | LARB
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John Warner defends the "big, splashy," Sally Rooney-style book promotion. | Chicago Tribune
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Where did Tracy K. Smith find hope in the last year? "I felt that I could clearly see there were people in my community that I felt capable of helping and advocating for." | TIME
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"Forgive the dramatics, but I had never been so completely the target audience for something before." Patricia Lockwood considers the album It'll End in Tears by This Mortal Coil. | Harper's
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An audiovisual translator discusses the process of creating subtitles and dubs for TV and films. | Zócalo Public Square
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