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TODAY: In 1887, English poet and critic Edith Sitwell is born.
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Novels you need to read this fall, according to us. | Lit Hub Reading Lists
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“Today, the island’s primary export is middle- and lower-income families who can no longer afford to live here.” Mary Bergman on the reality of Nantucket versus Elin Hilderbrand’s summer novels. | Lit Hub Travel
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Eileen Myles considers the “pictorial, geometric, pagan” photos of Justin Kimball. | Lit Hub Photography
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Working on fumes: How a nuclear site in Washington State poisoned its own employees—and how those workers are fighting for justice. | Lit Hub Health
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“How does one assert oneself as a person, a woman, without a speaking voice, without sound waves commandeering attention?” Cai Emmons on returning to an early love of quiet after losing her voice to ALS. | Lit Hub Memoir
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Ann Beattie in praise of the great chef James Haller, whose lessons in cooking apply just as seamlessly to life. | Lit Hub Food
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Was Benghazi a single factor or a game-changer in the 2016 presidential election? Ethan Corin investigates. | Lit Hub Politics
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“Evil as entertainment remains deeply problematic.” Lisa Nikolidakis on true crime and trauma. | CrimeReads
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Masiyaleti Mbewe on the state of millennial fiction from African writers. | LARB
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Which LGBTQ books would make great film adaptations? Hazel Khatter gives a rundown of some favorites. | Collider
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Neil McRobert ranked all 75 Stephen King books. | Esquire
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Legendary literary agent Sterling Lord—whose clients included Ken Kesey, Erica Jong, and Doris Kearns Goodwin—has died at 102. | The New York Times
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Considering the perils of seeking life advice from philosophers. | The Point
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“You can be a gun person involuntarily. At least that’s what I find myself wanting to tell people.” Andrew Howard on active-shooter training and gun violence in America. | Guernica
Also on Lit Hub: When humans and killer whales hunt together • Alice Wong on prophetic poetry and processing pain • Read from A. M. Homes’s latest novel, The Unfolding
