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Travel from China to the United States with Haiwen and Suchi, lovers separated by time and one pivotal decision, from the ’40s to present day. In this excerpt, wander the vividly painted streets of wartime Shanghai with vendors, early risers, and troubled minds, and meet heartbroken Haiwen and Suchi on the cusp of the event

The Best of the Literary Internet, Every Day TODAY: In 1891, Zora Neale Hurston is born.  Need help deciding what to read this year? These are the books we’re most anticipating in 2025. | Lit Hub Reading Lists “After all, what is a ghost or an eidolon but an enormous psychic need made externally visible?”

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January 6, 2025, 1:24pm Ah, January 6th. A day that many of us stateside recall for unsavory reasons. But may I present a new cause célèbre? Friends, what if I told you today was not Coup Day, nor Failed Insurrection Day, nor even the standard Mad-to-Be-Fully-Back-to-Work Day, but….Plough Monday? “WTF,” might be your reasonable response.

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The Best of the Literary Internet, Every Day TODAY: In 1931, novelist, playwright, and short story writer E. L. Doctorow is born.  “What happened millions of years ago unexpectedly set the stage for the warming world that we face today.” Lauren E. Oakes on ancient arboreal memories and our role in climate change. | Lit Hub

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At the Authors Guild Foundation’s third-annual WIT: Words, Ideas, and Thinkers Literary Festival in the Berkshires this September, acclaimed author Jamaica Kincaid spoke with journalist and editor Sandra Guzmán about her latest work, An Encyclopedia of Gardening for Colored Children, illustrated by the artist Kara Walker. Their conversation wove threads of colonialism, botany, and personal

It’s the moment every book lover dreads: you’re chatting with a friend/colleague/acquaintance/airplane seatmate. You mention that you like to read, they ask you for a few recommendations, and then…your mind goes blank. Books? What are those? Enter: the magic of a spreadsheet. Mine goes back to 2013, and let me tell you, that’s a wild

In the past two months, I’ve found myself thinking back to an essay Ursula K. Le Guin posted on her blog in November 2016. It was one of her last long essays, and she wrote it at a time when she—like many people now—was shocked, concerned for her country’s future, and wondering how best to

Throughout the year, I shout out queer books coming out each month, with even more queer new releases as weekly bonuses for All Access members. I keep track of these upcoming releases with a spreadsheet, which has been growing out of control in recent years. I already have more than 300 titles on my 2025

Dracula is back. Article continues after advertisement Dracula hasn’t been away for very long (last year saw two reinterpretations: the corny comic misfire Renfield and genuinely innovative horror film The Last Voyage of the Demeter), but he’s back again—in Robert Eggers’s long-awaited Nosferatu remake. The lesson to take from this is: no matter how many

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The Best of the Literary Internet, Every Day More Story Lit Hub Daily: January 3, 2025 Jamaica Kincaid talks to Sandra Guzmán about colonialism, gardening, and worshipping her plants. | Lit Hub In Conversation … View original source here

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. Bracketology But Make It Bookish The bracket is live for the 2025 Tournament of Books, set to begin

Crumple zones are a standard safety feature in modern vehicles. Upon impact, your car is designed to crush, mangle, and deform itself in a controlled manner. It absorbs the energy of the crash upon itself, rather than transferring the energy into what’s referred to as “the safety cell,” aka you. Béla Barényi, dubbed by Mercedes

Old Soul by Susan Barker (G.P. Putnam’s Sons, January 28) Here’s another new horror novel focused on grief, and this one kicks off when two strangers meet in Osaka airport. Both Jake and Mariko lost someone important to them, and before their deaths, they both saw the same woman, even though they were 6,000 miles

The Best of the Literary Internet, Every Day TODAY: In 1895, Oscar Wilde’s comedy An Ideal Husband premieres at the Haymarket Theatre in London.  Jamaica Kincaid talks to Sandra Guzmán about colonialism, gardening, and worshipping her plants. | Lit Hub In Conversation Article continues after advertisement “As the politics of anger and fear return to