TODAY: In 1904, Anton Chekhov dies at 44 of tuberculosis.
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Steve Edwards reflects on teaching Brian Doyle’s “Leap” to the post-9/11 generation: “When I read it now, I am every bit as chastened as when I first read it. But something has changed for my students.” | Lit Hub Teaching
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How the machinery of social media is fundamentally changing the rules of human discourse. | Lit Hub Tech
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“I remain fascinated by Casablanca, not so much because of the stories about love it may tell, but because of the many stories the film does not, cannot, or simply was not ready to tell.” Tabea Alexa Linhard on the refugee stories that begin where Casablanca ends. | Lit Hub Film & TV
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What it looks like to tackle exclusion in housing. | Lit Hub Politics
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Megan Fernandes on the literary uses of a room: “Rooms are springboards for time and time is for the poets.” | Lit Hub Craft
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Tessa Hadley’s After the Funeral, David Lipsky’s The Parrot and the Igloo, and Nicole Flattery’s Nothing Special all feature among the Best Reviewed Books of the Week. | Book Marks
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“Oates seems to spare very few fucks for those who might wish to see her pilloried in the court of public (or at least parasocial) opinion.” At home with Joyce Carol Oates. | Esquire
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Jaren Marcel Pollen on the lessons of Milan Kundera’s work. | The New Republic
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“Tim was handsome, smart, funny, and kind. Did it really matter if he wasn’t Anthony Bourdain?” Adrienne Brodeur on falling in love with a man who loved bland food. | Bon Appetit
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Livia Gershon explores the complicated history of pointy hats. | JSTOR Daily
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Lily Meyer reads two new translations of the Polish poet Zuzanna Ginczanka, who was killed in the Holocaust. | Poetry
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