Lit Hub Daily September 7, 2021
TODAY: In 1932, English author Malcolm Bradbury is born.
“God forgive me if this letter is ever opened by mistake.” An, ahem, steamy letter from Henry Miller to Anais Nin. | Lit Hub
Sally Rooney’s new novel—which is out today, if you didn’t know—has already been reviewed over 30 times. | Book Marks
“She was labeled the nymphet, I was labeled Pollyanna.” Hayley Mills on missing out on the part of Lolita to protect her Disney image. | Lit Hub Film
How 1987’s Miss Michigan, a hospice nurse, helped change the course of the Miss America pageant. | Lit Hub History
Hilma Wolitzer talks to Jane Ciabattari about writing through grief, how to end a story, and losing her husband to COVID-19. | Lit Hub
The late artist Winfred Rembert captures a peaceful civil rights demonstration in the Jim Crow South that ended in mayhem. | Lit Hub History
My first Tamagotchi: Qian Julie Wang recalls the summer of 1998, and how her family’s purchases spoke to the American Dream. | Lit Hub Memoir
A Wrinkle in Time, Beloved, Where the Sidewalk Ends, and more rapid-fire book recs from Lauren Fox. | Book Marks 
Can Salman Rushdie’s forthcoming, Substack-published novella revive serialized fiction? | The New Republic
Susanna Clarke considers the books that shaped her personal and creative identity. | The Guardian
Listen to this podcast interview with Honoree Fanonne Jeffers. | Bookworm
Claudia Rankine explores Beyoncé’s radical reimagining of what it means to be a pop icon. | Harper’s Bazaar
Revisiting the journals of Spalding Gray. | Into
What inspired Lauren Groff to set her new novel in a 12th-century convent? “To live in a world without men, just for a little while.” | The Star Tribune
Dawn Turner revisits her old Chicago neighborhood, a place “where all that is good and bad is simultaneously at your fingertips” that is featured in her memoir. | Chicago Tribune
Laura Sackton suggests bookish rituals for every day. | Book Riot
In the real land of fire and ice, in a village of only four hundred inhabitants, life and love become bigger. Unexpected, warm, and humorous, Stefánsson explores the dreams and desires of everyday people, and reveals the magic of life in all its ugliness and beauty. Start reading now.
NEW ON LIT HUB RADIO
Jennifer Sperry Steinorth talks about the alchemy in graphic poetry, on First Draft. * Jane Pek performs an excerpt of her short story, on Storybound. * On Big Table, Brigette Benkeman discusses Dora Maar, surrealist photographer and Picasso’s “Weeping Woman.”
LISTEN TO J.D. ROBB’S FORGOTTEN IN DEATH
There are a million killer stories. But America’s #1 cop, Eve Dallas, makes sure no one gets forgotten. In the electrifying new audiobook in the bestselling series, Eve must sift through the wreckage of the past to find a killer. The audiobook is read by Susan Ericksen. Start listening now!
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