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- “I aligned with stories that were messy and vulnerable. Writers who were messy and vulnerable.” Betsy Lerner remembers working with writers who had demons to wrestle with. | Lit Hub Memoir
- Caroline Carlson recommends 10 new children’s books that span the globe. | Lit Hub Reading Lists
- Cornelia Powers grapples with book lists, OCD, and the pressures of gamified reading. | Lit Hub Criticism
- If you’re craving stories about demons, bog wives, or seven-eyed dragons, October’s new sci-fi and fantasy reads are guaranteed to deliver. | Lit Hub Reading Lists
- What connects all humans, past, present, and future? As Michelle Tea explains, it’s dreams about your teeth falling out. | Lit Hub Memoir
- Aaron Robertson recommends books that imagine Black utopias by Victoria Wolcott, Nell Irvin Painter, Wilson Jeremiah Moses, and more. | Lit Hub Reading Lists
- This month brings new poetry collections by Jennifer Chang, Janice N. Harrington, Matthew Hollis, and more. | Lit Hub Poetry
- “The weight of first light, the struggle not to rise into consciousness knowing bad things waited there…” Read from Louise Erdrich’s new novel, The Mighty Red. | Lit Hub Fiction
- “I’m going to assume people have a lot of things pulling on their attention — how can I tell a story that they’ll stay with?” Camille Dungy talks to Christopher Outcalt about listening, revision, and building community. | Colorado State University
- Elisa Gonzales considers the freedoms and limits of autodidacticism. | The Point
- “Headless Body in Topless Bar”: The art of the New York Post headline. | Esquire
- Read the October 2024 issue of Poetry, featuring Pegasus Award recipient Li-Young Lee and other poets you should know. | Poetry
- “The catastrophes change, but the underlying problem that catalyzes them remains the same.” The case for teaching Jane Smiley’s Moo in university classrooms. | Public Books
- How the incel adjacent internet is reacting to Tony Tulathimutte’s Rejection. | The Cut
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