Lit Hub Daily September 16, 2021
TODAY: In 1987, Toni Morrison’s Beloved is published by Knopf.
“Our immediate thought was, Jesus, look at it. This is from Emily Dickinson’s head!” Jen DeGregorio investigates the curious case of Emily Dickinson’s hair (maybe), which has been quietly traded among a group of literary men for years (that part for sure). | Lit Hub
Fifty great literary cameos in (terrible) early 2000s movies, from Bring it On to Gigli. | Lit Hub Film
“How does a moment among a small, niche group of people constitute the creation of a new wave of literature?” Katie Yee has had enough of the literary internet. | Lit Hub Criticism
Lauren Elkin on Annie Ernaux, who “charts the tangible moments of everyday life gleaned from the most undramatic of outings.” | Lit Hub Criticism
On the medieval brilliance (and blind luck) that gifted us with the concept of the quarantine. | Lit Hub History
Louise Nealon on the books that have helped her find new ways to talk about mental health. | Lit Hub Health
Nice Leng’ete remembers the teacher who led her to question the Maasai practice of female genital mutilation, and gave her hope. | Lit Hub Memoir
“Even the self you take to be so real / falls away while you labor.” Read “The Mountaintop,” a new poem by Sandra Lim. | Lit Hub Poetry
Margaret Mizushima on ten novels set in the high country of the American West. | CrimeReads
Lauren Michele Jackson on Sally Rooney, Karan Mahajan on Colson Whitehead, and more of the Reviews You Need to Read This Week. | Book Marks WATCH: Jai Chakrabarti in conversation with Brigid Hughes · David Cutler discusses the rapid evolution of 21st-century city life · Keith Boykin on the end of a white majority in America. | Lit Hub Virtual Book Channel 
Take a look inside the headquarters of America’s largest publisher of community cookbooks (including one by a San Francisco gay clown collective). | Atlas Obscura
“The Summer Woman,” a newly discovered story by Tennessee Williams, has been published for the first time. | The Guardian
Hate ebooks? You’re not alone. | The Atlantic
These monographs tell the stories of “outsider artists” who produced work apart from the mainstream. | ARTnews
Kristofer Collins digs into books with a close connection to Pittsburgh. | Pittsburgh Magazine
Rax King discusses her new essay collection and the meaning of “tacky.” | Publishers Weekly
NEW ON LIT HUB RADIO
Carmen Maria Machado revisits the artistic genius of the film Jennifer’s Body, on Open Form. * Lauren Groff talks about feminine roles, the “gilded cage” of nunneries, and bucking narrative expectations, on The Maris Review. * Sanjena Sathian on the downfalls of ambition, on Book Dreams. * Remembering the many phases of Mark Baumer, this week on Otherppl.
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