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This first appeared in Lit Hub’s Craft of Writing newsletter—sign up here. When I get into a writing rut, I like to step back and take inspiration from other art forms, each of which has its own conventions as well as—encoded within those very conventions—all kinds of ways to break with convention and do something fun

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The Best of the Literary Internet, Every Day TODAY: In 1947, Keri Hulme, the first  New Zealander to win the Man Booker Prize, is born. Image Source: Philip Tremewan, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons   James Kaplan on Miles Davis’s legendary feud with Wynton Marsalis, one of the greatest generational battles in jazz. |

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The Best of the Literary Internet, Every Day TODAY: In 1890, Bram Stoker begins work on Dracula.  “I am fascinated by the mismatch of these two systems, the fact that we can occupy two temporal spaces simultaneously…” Grace Loh Prasad on finding meaning in the space between Chinese and Western astrology, and what it means

This originally appeared in our Today in Books daily newsletter, where each day we round up the most interesting stories, news, essays, and other goings on in the world of books and reading. Sign up here if you want to get it. _____________________________ Why Does Every Famous Woman Have a Book Club Now? Of course,

March 8, 2024, 12:44pm The Oscars are Sunday! For those of you haven’t managed to watch all of this year’s nominees (or even if you have and would like a refresher), we’ve put together a handy cheat sheet to help you stay super informed for the ceremony’s likely shots, underdogs, and inevitable twists and turns.

Akira Toriyama was one of the most influential mangaka: he created Dragon Ball in 1984, which would later become the hit series Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball Super. This action fantasy comedy franchise inspired many other series, like One Piece, Naruto, and Bleach. On March 7th, the official Dragon Ball Twitter/X account shared that

The Best of the Literary Internet, Every Day TODAY: In 1936, French novelist and Oulipo member Georges Perec is born.  Frank O’Hara, Evie Shockley, Monica Rico, and more. Here’s your annotated guide to what Diane Seuss is reading now and next. | Lit Hub Criticism Linda Troeller and Darcey Steinke consider aging and the liberatory

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Welcome to the fourth edition of Am I the Literary Asshole, the only biweekly “advice” column that asks you to consider the fact that “it’s five o’clock somewhere” is the true existential quandary of our time. RIP Jimmy Buffett, you would have loved the open bar at my wedding. I’ve been delighted by the flood

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Can you believe it’s March already? I’m currently blissfully believing outdoor reading weather is right around the corner, even though it hailed for about an hour straight yesterday. Luckily, there’s no such thing as bad reading weather. I

March 6, 2024, 12:08pm “The reality on the ground is infinitely worse than the worst videos and photos that we’re seeing in the west.”   Susan Abulhawa—the Palestinian-American writer and human rights activist whose debut novel, Mornings in Jenin, became an international bestseller in 2010—has just returned from two weeks in Gaza. Earlier today, Abulhawa—who is

This originally appeared in our Today in Books daily newsletter, where each day we round up the most interesting stories, news, essays, and other goings on in the world of books and reading. Sign up here if you want to get it. So far this week, Today in Books has been a one-story-a-day affair. And

March 6, 2024, 12:56pm Who among us hasn’t wished that they could get paid to just sit and read for a little while? No strings, no work-related tasks involved—just good old fashioned American currency in exchange for reading a book of your choosing, for pleasure. Well, fellow dreamers, I have good news! Perelandra Bookshop in

Last week, we wrote about the Reading Rainbow documentary, titled Butterfly in the Sky, and how it was being released in select AMC theaters on March 17th. Well, now there’s a trailer! In between early clips from the show and its iconic theme song playing, LeVar Burton and other Reading Rainbow creators talk about how

Once, when I was very stuck on a book I was writing, I went shopping for a pair of pants. I didn’t know it, but the store I went to was running a promotion: Buy a pair of pants and get a free notebook. Or maybe it was: Spend a certain amount of money and