LitHub Daily: January 17, 2017
TODAY: In 2002, Nobel Prize-winning novelist, essayist, and short-story writer Camilo José Cela dies. The first truly blockbuster audiobook? | Literary Hub From life in the editorial trenches to...
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TODAY: In 1921, novelist Patricia Highsmith is born. The finalists for the 2017 PEN Literary Awards have been announced. | PEN America “I read my poem, feeling American poets alive and dead by my...
View ArticleBryan Stevenson: A Civil Rights Hero for the Age of Trump
Civil rights lawyer and activist talks to Paul Holdengraber about justice, race, America, and the importance of books. Bryan Stevenson on creating a healthier community… We have to get closer to the...
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Glasnost (Or ‘Search Terms That Will Get You on a Watchlist’)
________________________________________ Danniel Schoonebeek is the author of American Barricade (YesYes Books, 2014) and Trébuchet, a 2015 National Poetry Series selection published by University of...
View ArticlePaul Auster on Activism, James Baldwin and the Horrors of Trump
Paul Auster talks to Paul Holdengraber about the nature of the unexpected, the nature of the self, and the cruel nature of Donald Trump. Auster’s new novel, 4 3 2 1 is available January 31 from Henry...
View ArticleMarilynne Robinson on What We’re Losing in President Obama
This interview comes from Open Source, a weekly program about arts, ideas and politics. What the “Yes I Can” president most wanted to do was bring together a robust democracy in spirit if not every...
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9 Books by Latin American Women Writers We’d Love to See in English
The keen-eyed among you may notice that this list (one of many in a series highlighting—and rectifying—the disparity between the number of literary works by women writers and their male counterparts...
View ArticleThe Sophomore Novel Club: On the Dreaded Second Book
Janie Chang: Now that we’ve both launched our second novels into the world, I’d love to talk about what that experience was like for you. Did you find any unique challenges when writing The Golden Son...
View ArticleMark Greif on What Thoreau Can Teach Us About Resisting Trump
This interview comes from Open Source, a weekly program about arts, ideas and politics. This year marks the 200th birthday of Henry David Thoreau—the radical thinker from Concord, Massachusetts who...
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17 Books to Read This February
Ali Smith, Autumn (Pantheon Books) I’m excited about Ali Smith’s Autumn. I’m usually excited about Ali Smith’s books, but this one is extra exciting because it’s the first of four volumes centered on...
View ArticleEdmund de Waal on Anxiety, Silence, and the Edge of Terror and Beauty
Edmund de Waal and Paul Holdengraber discuss the uses of darkness, the necessity of bravery in art, and much more. Edmund de Waal on why anxiety matters… Anxiety matters enormously because it is a...
View ArticleEmma Donoghue and Laird Hunt on Writing Historical Women
Laird Hunt’s new book, The Evening Road, is recently out from Little, Brown. Emma Donoghue’s latest is The Wonder. Emma Donoghue: I know how I started my habit of writing about women from the...
View ArticleMargo Jefferson, Morgan Parker and More Discuss the Impact of Depression
Red Ink is a quarterly series focusing on women writers curated by Michele Filgate. The next event, which features Lidia Yuknavitch, Melissa Febos, Sarah Gerard, Marcy Dermansky, and Emily Raboteau, on...
View ArticleMaira Kalman on God, the Weather, and Realizing When Enough is Enough
Maira Kalman talks to Paul Holdengraber about the search for meaning, finding your limits, and the pleasures of being a mother and a grandmother. Maira Kalman on talking about the weather… It makes us...
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President Trump, One Month Later
Aleksandar Hemon on Donald Trump and Violence “It’s a lot of fucking work, but in a decent society, most strive to be decent.” Roxana Robinson on Taking to the Streets—and the Offices of Congress “I...
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Silence is a Ghost: Jane Wong and Aditi Machado in Conversation
I Jane Wong: When I write about a poetics of haunting in my work, I think a lot about how form itself is haunted too. When reading Prosopopoeia, I’m immediately struck by its use of prose poems and...
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Indies Recommend: 10 Small Press Books You Should Read Right Now
As the nation’s only non-profit distributor, Small Press Distribution is dedicated to getting small press literature to the people who want to read it. As such, we’re grateful to our main...
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Whales, Rust, Souvenirs, Luggage: The Latest Beautiful Object Lessons Covers
WHALE SONG Margret Grebowicz The sapiens of the sea, whales are the other most intelligent, social, and loquacious animals on Earth. So why do they seem to swim away, the more we chase after them in...
View ArticleStephen Karam on Pain, Despair, and the Enduring Power of Great Writing
Stephen Karam talks to Paul Holdengraber about the joy of the human condition, while mining its depths for art. Stephen Karam on getting at the truth through the human condition… I’m interested in...
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30 Books in 30 Days: Dark Money and Stamped from the Beginning
In the 30 Books in 30 Days series leading up to the March 16 announcement of the 2016 National Book Critics Circle award winners, NBCC board members review the 30 finalists. Clay Smith on Jane...
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