THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET TODAY: In 1875, Thomas Mann is born.   Sharon Blackie explores the grounding power of fairy tales. | Lit Hub Criticism What do you do when your book detailing Civil War-era censorship is censored by the US government? | Lit Hub Politics “Maybe it’s fair to call this mysticism, but
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Here are 21 essential nu-metal albums you should own on vinyl. As with many popular music genres, determining which artists to include can be a challenging task. There are the obvious ones, like Korn and Limp Bizkit, whose sound never seemed to stray too far from where they were when the popularity of nu-metal first
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Florida Senator Rick Scott is urging the Tampa Sports Authority to cancel Kanye West‘s upcoming concerts in the state over “consistent anti-Semitic attacks”. Read More: Donda 2: Kanye West’s ego is scuppering these half-baked, dashed-off sounding songs The politician shared a letter to the venue operator yesterday (June 5), arguing that it would be a “slap in
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Sydney Sweeney in season 3 of ‘Euphoria’. Photo: Eddy Chen/HBO. Preview: Sydney Sweeney will star in and produce ‘Hollow’. It’s a new take on ‘The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.’ Lindsey Anderson Beer is adapting her own novel and directing. Sydney Sweeney continues to set up more new projects, and is also taking more control behind
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Fans might have to wait a little longer to see if Julia Garner ends up playing Madonna in a biopic, but they don’t have to wait to see Garner and Madonna collaborate on film. The Ozark and Americans alum has a quick cameo in a club scene in Madonna’s star-studded Confessions II visual album, which
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Linen has long been saddled with a reputation as the fabric of destination weddings, tropical vacations and men who don’t really mind looking a little rumpled by noon. But today’s best linen pieces are far more versatile. Thanks to modern blends, smarter tailoring and relaxed-yet-polished silhouettes, linen can easily earn a spot in your everyday
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This first appeared in Lit Hub’s Craft of Writing newsletter—sign up here. Article continues after advertisement Here are my terrors: First, monsters. Mostly the deep ocean variety, unfathomable, unseeable, likely lurking beneath me as I swim (okay, also in ponds: so murky!). Though the earliest kind I remember fearing was one called The Wendigo, a cannibalistic landbound
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Here are the nine biggest rock and metal stars from Indiana. This may seem like a pretty random list but did you ever realize how many big rock and metal musicians are from there? Most of them aren’t even from big cities but from smaller towns with low populations, such as Seymour and Monticello. Yet
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Violet Grohl has announced an extra headline show in London for her upcoming tour due to high demand. The Los Angeles-based musician and daughter of Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl released her debut solo album ‘Be Sweet To Me’ last week (May 29) via Aurora Records, including the singles ‘THUM’, ‘Applefish’, ‘595’ and ‘Cool Buzz’. In April, she announced a
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(L to R) Claire Foy and Richard E. Grant star in ‘Savage House.’ Opening in theaters on June 5th is the new dark comedy ‘Savage House‘, which written and directed by Peter Glanz (‘Captain America: Brave New World’) and stars Richard E. Grant (‘Saltburn’), and Claire Foy (‘The Crown’). “Polite society has never been so
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Today’s round-up of literary headlines includes the fallout of The Odyssey ticket sales, the newest comics publisher to unionize, classic picture books being translated into Indigenous languages, and more. Ticket Prices for The Odyssey Soar to $1,000 on eBay Yesterday afternoon, ticket sales began for Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey—and they quickly became chaotic. Wait times
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