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- You’ve heard of Mary Shelley, but what about her half-sister, Fanny Imlay? | Lit Hub Biography
- Steven W. Thrasher considers Zohran Mamdani’s new sheriff, Edwin Raymond, and the many manifestations of copaganda. | Lit Hub Politics
- Amazon union-leader Chris Smalls remembers the accident that changed his life: “It did seem unfair that I got hit by a car while doing my job and ended up getting fired as a result.” | Lit Hub Memoir
- P.C. Verrone recommends essential Afro-surrealism by Toni Morrison, August Wilson, Nalo Hopkinson, and more. | Lit Hub Reading Lists
- Maggie O’Farrell’s Land, Thomas W. Laqueur’s The Dog’s Gaze, and Ann Patchett’s Whistler all feature among the best reviewed books of the week. | Book Marks
- How the myth of powerlessness prevents the formation of sustainable political movements that lead to real change. | Lit Hub Politics
- Why you should write what scares you: “If you’re torn between ideas, choose the one you most dread facing. If you’re stuck, let that dread jolt you loose.” | Lit Hub Craft
- “It’s a slow start. Notice the way / she’s holding the pen. Four-beat line to open, / leaning blue, and—synesthesia—right at the jump.” Read “The Figure a Poem Makes,” a poem by Donna Masini from the collection Did You Find Everything You Were Looking For? | Lit Hub Poetry
- “One Tuesday morning, as Song unlocked the door, River raced past her and shouted, ‘What is that?’” Read from Sophie Chen Keller’s new novel, Little Wonder. | Lit Hub Fiction
- Diane Keaton’s estate auction includes menswear, memorabilia, and… a Lit Hub tote! | The New York Times
- “At the very least, it seemed that our elite didn’t mind mingling with known sex offenders while plotting the break-up of the United Nations.” Ola Morris Innset considers how the Epstein files shattered Norway’s national identity. | The Dial
- How AI chatbots can initiate radicalization (and why the AI industry isn’t ready to deal with it). | The New Republic
- Karl Ove Knausgaard meditates on Edvard Munch and Lars von Trier. | The Paris Review
- Why AI shortcuts undermine thought, one of the most essential processes of writing. | NYRB
- Ed Simon examines “the utopian promise” of the golden age of American television. | The Baffler
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