Literature

June 14, 2022, 1:26pm The Southern Poverty Law Center is reporting that Hatewatch has identified the principals behind Antelope Hill, a far right publisher founded in 2020 that specializes in white nationalist, fascist, Nazi publications. With a catalog ranging from newly translated Nazi-era texts to contemporary white nationalist writing, Antelope Hill has been “successful” in
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As the last days of July 1902 ticked away in Hell Creek, Montana, Barnum Brown found himself torn. The party uncovered a Triceratops skull that was in decent ­condition, though its horns were missing. With enough work, it could be “a fine exhibition specimen,” he wrote to Osborn, knowing that would begin to make up
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TODAY: In 1915, Saul Bellow is born.   Edafe Okporo reflects on life as a gay ex-priest in Nigeria. | Lit Hub Religion “Glory Hallelujah!! A delicious poke in the snoot for Hitler.” Read excerpts from Mary Churchill’s World War II diary. | Lit Hub History When the smoke cleared in Hell Creek, Montana, exposing a
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June 10, 2022, 8:11am Congratulations to PEN America‘s staff, who announced yesterday that they won voluntary recognition of their union! This milestone has been a long time coming. After months of organizing, they wrote to management to formally demand recognition last December and will now continue into the negotiation process. In their statement, they wrote:
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TODAY: In 1899, Japanese novelist and short story writer Yasunari Kawabata is born.   “In a perversion of all laws of the universe, I’m about to read my father a story before bedtime.” Séamas O’Reilly on reading his memoir to the man who taught him to love books (and skipping over the hardest bits). | Lit
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Genuinely classic and canonical short stories with twist endings are hard to find. For the ‘twist’ to be a true surprise, it needs to appear to come out of nowhere while also being completely credible, so we as readers don’t feel cheated. It should also be a twist in the true sense of the word,
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June 9, 2022, 11:49am The beloved indie entertainment company A24—creators of Moonlight, Minari, Midsommar, and very cool merch—publishes their first children’s book today. Film buffs may recognize Claire A. Nivola’s Star Child as the book Joaquin Phoenix reads aloud to his nephew in C’mon C’mon (2021). The story follows a star on its journey through Earth, being born
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