TODAY: In 1948, T.C. Boyle is born.
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The long-awaited White Noise, the longer-awaited Kindred, and more of the literary film and TV you need to stream in December. | Lit Hub Film & TV
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Step right up and get your recipe for cricket biscuits. | Lit Hub Food
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Yusef Komunyakaa on Etheridge Knight: “Here’s a poet who possessed a genius for surviving the harsh realities of America.” | Lit Hub Poetry
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Paul Feig shares two Bridesmaids-inspired cocktails. | Lit Hub
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Silas House recalls grieving, alone and collectively, while on book tour. | Lit Hub
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Sara Bernstein considers the mythology of the American mall, as told through 80s mall movies. | Lit Hub Film & TV
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Head into the holidays with December’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy. | Book Marks
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11 new mysteries and thrillers that are fast-paced and fun. | CrimeReads
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Merve Emre on the way Roald Dahl embraced the unexpected: “Cruelty begets cruelty, children grow large, adults grow small, and everyone is trapped in a fun house of dirty, depthless mirrors.” | NYRB
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Bonnie Johnson on the problem with the new Fleishman adaptation. (Hint: not enough Claire Danes.) | Los Angeles Times
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“Especially when it comes to issues of social justice, we need writing dedicated to uncovering the truth and guided by a sense of ethics rather than neutrality.” Kavita Das on journalism and writing in times of unrest. | PEN America
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Underground comic artist Aline Kominsky-Crumb has died at 74. | Artforum
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“To be brutal, most chefs write terrible memoirs.” Prue Leith on her favorite cookbooks and the pleasure of joy Anthony Trollope. | The New York Times
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The transgressive life and work of Katherine Dunn. | The New Yorker
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Why singer-songwriter Maisie Peters rereads The Secret History every winter. | Atlas Obscura
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