TODAY: In 1849, Edgar Allen Poe dies in Baltimore, at ago 40, under mysterious circumstances.
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“A woman is a useful symbol for the splay of land on which such a free man saunters.” Rachel Richardson on Thoreau, running, and the pleasures of not quite knowing where you’re going. | Lit Hub Memoir
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In praise of multiple narrators: Rubén Degollado recommends Dawnie Walton, Tommy Orange, Juan Rulfo, and more. | Lit Hub Reading Lists
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Our Rings of Power critics, husband and wife duo Dylan Roth and Jenna Kass, ask some important questions: Do the creators care at all about the original text? Is it wise for nerds of different stripes to intermarry? | Lit Hub Film & TV
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“As no science explains adequately how dreams work, no one can explain how a poem works.” Alice Notley on writing from the subconscious. | Lit Hub Craft
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A brief history of social media platforms, from LiveJournal to the January 6th insurrection. | Lit Hub Tech
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Curtis Evans unravels the long-running literary feud between Raymond Chandler and Ross Macdonald. | CrimeReads
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“Writing truth offers justice to the oppressed.” Ten writers from around the world on the importance of literature in times of conflict. | The Guardian
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From N. Scott Momaday to Joy Harjo, what to read in honor of Indigenous Peoples Day. | San Francisco Chronicle
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Molly Olmstead digs into why the apocalypse is dominating Christian bestseller lists. | Slate
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Ten graphic nonfiction books on history, science, and more. | Book Riot
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“The version of Cavafy that’s memorialized on Twitter seems drained of life yet curiously alive—curiously alive and curiously relatable in the age of the Very Online.” Aaron Timms on the digital afterlife of Cavafy. | The Baffler
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Sigrid Nunez considers Annie Ernaux’s diary of a sublime love affair. | NYRB
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“Audiobooks are about to fundamentally change our reading habits.” Karl Berglund digs into the data on literary listening. | Public Books
Also on Lit Hub: Poet Ama Codjoe in conversation with Maggie Millner • A guide to October’s four new literary vampire shows • Read a story from Mark Ciabattari’s latest collection, When the Mask Slips.