Month: December 2023

TODAY: In 1947, Tennessee Williams’ play A Streetcar Named Desire opens at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on Broadway in New York, starring Jessica Tandy and Marlon Brando in his first major stage role.   “Protecting students from books containing sexual acts does not protect them from performing sexual acts.” Jane Smiley talks to an Iowa high
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Need a holiday gift that says “rock and metal” for the rock and metal-loving loved one in your life? It’s a situation that many of us find ourselves around Christmastime — as the clock ticks down to the holidays, we need that perfect rock music or heavy metal-themed gift for a family member, friend, coworker
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This first appeared in Lit Hub’s Craft of Writing newsletter—sign up here. I hate when I hear a writer talking about “finding their voice.” I’m sure they mean well, but for my money, confining yourself out of the gate beneath the idea that there’s a certain way you’ll need to learn to talk—much less to think, or to
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WTF happened this year? How is it already almost 2024? Why does it seem like society is becoming more unhinged as the days go by? These are serious questions. The last year or so post-COVID has just been a whirlwind of chaos, and the world of music hasn’t been immune to it. In fact, it
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TODAY: In 1892, Dame Rebecca West is born. (Photo by Madame Yévonde.)    Drumroll, please: It’s the Biggest Literary Stories of 2023. | Lit Hub For winter solstice, the authors of Spectral Evidence: The Witch Book discuss the contemporary echoes of centuries-old fears. | Lit Hub History What Sabrina Orah Mark is reading now and
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