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What if the final meeting between V.P. Vance and Pope Francis took place in a Dan Brown novel? ‹ Literary Hub

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April 22, 2025, 12:58pm Pope Francis, who Nick Ripatrazone called our “most literary pope”, died this Sunday. Pope Francis, who despite the faults of his institution, was an admirable man who stood for the poor and the oppressed, most notably for the Palestinians, who he advocating for right until the end of his life. Unfortunately,
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The 30 Best Nonfiction Books of the Last 3 Decades

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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. In Case You’re More of a Nonfiction Girly Yesterday, I shared about the L.A. Times list of the
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Requiescat in Pace, Francis ‹ Literary Hub

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Pope Francis is dead at 88, on the day after Easter—an appropriate Lenten epilogue for a pontiff with a keen sense of story. 60 years earlier, Francis was Jorge Mario Bergoglio, a Jesuit seminarian who taught literature and writing at Colegio de la Immaculada Concepciòn, a secondary school for boys in Santa Fé, Argentina. His
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The 30 Best Fiction Books of the Last 3 Decades

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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. The 30 Best Novels of the Last 30 Years The L.A. Times is marking its 30th Festival of
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“Strange Fruit”

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Summer’s the best time for picking. Though the fruit buds and ripens all year round, there’s no better time than the height of summer, the heat radiating off the sidewalks and the car windows, people’s radiators blowing out cool-hot air, the whirring sound of A/C mingling with blasting music, people laughing, people talking, cussing, the
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A Field Study on Black Literary Arts Organizations ‹ Literary Hub

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A weekly behind-the-scenes dive into everything interesting, dynamic, strange, and wonderful happening in literary culture—featuring Lit Hub staff, columnists, and special guests! Hosted by Drew Broussard. We’re continuing our celebration of National Poetry Month this week with special guest Lisa Willis, executive director of Cave Canem! She’s here to tell Drew about the wide-reaching, first-of-its-kind
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April 18, 2025 ‹ Literary Hub

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TODAY: In 1906, the San Francisco earthquake destroys the new Stanford University Library building before it can be completed. Many of the city’s leading poets and writers retreat to join the arts colony at Carmel-by-the-Sea.  Mark Synnott on the logistical, environmental and emotional preparations necessary for crossing the Northwest Passage in the era of climate
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A Lesser Light ‹ Literary Hub

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The following is from Peter Geye’s A Lesser Light. Geye is the award-winning author of Safe from the Sea, The Lighthouse Road, Wintering, Northernmost, and The Ski Jumpers (Minnesota, 2022). He lives in Minneapolis with his family. She’d left two harbors in snow before dawn. Some hours had passed with only the magnetic pull of
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The 5 Queer Books I Plan to Read Next

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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. I currently have 25 books checked out from the library. Is that a lot? I have a few more holds I need to pick up, too. And then there are the hundreds of books I own and haven’t
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April 14 – 18, 2025 ‹ Literary Hub

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The Best of the Literary Internet, Every Day TODAY: In 1824, Lord Byron dies in Greece.  Martha A. Sandweiss unearths the hidden power, privilege and violence behind a 19th century photograph of the American west.  | Lit Hub History Chloe Garcia Roberts on reasons for hope in the field of translation: “Is translation an art
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real or fake? (A quiz.) ‹ Literary Hub

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April 18, 2025, 11:46am Sometimes, it can be hard to know exactly what a literary agent is looking for. Other times, they just come out and tell you, via a “Manuscript Wish List” (#MSWL). These can be both helpful and oddly specific. The following is a quiz: some of these are real #MSWL requests, posted
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