Lit Hub Weekly: August 7-11, 2023

Literature

TODAY: In 1867, American classicist and author Edith Hamilton is born.   

Also on Lit Hub:

In an open letter to the Pulitzer Prizes, 125 writers argue that it’s time to recognize literature by noncitizens • Former Velvet Underground frontman Lou Reed talks to Allan Jones about making an unlistenable album •  On the tricky art of turning truth into fiction • How casting Helen of Troy becomes an exercise in female power • The making of WWI-era socialite and spy Marguerite Harrison • How scientific and technological breakthroughs created a new kind of fiction • Prudence Peiffer on balancing motherhood and authorhood • Lydia Kiesling on writing an oil novel in the age of climate change • Finding inspiration in advice columns from WWII-era women’s magazines • Brian Robert Moore reflects on translating “living legend” Michele Mari • Writing characters after the repeal of Roe v. Wade • Pablo Delcan and Jamie Keenan discuss the evolution of their designs for the same book The exponential difficulty of juggling many narrative voices • How one man walked 6,000 miles across New York City



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