Lit Hub Daily October 20, 2021
TODAY: In 1927, Joyce Brothers, pioneer of pop psychology, is born.
“______ began work on ______ in 1959, but the necessities of life delayed its completion.” Can you guess these famous writers based on their very first author bios? | Lit Hub
TEACHING THROUGH A PANDEMIC: Christy Tidwell on staying safe while teaching • Frances Starn on making a last-resort attempt at joy—by adopting a class pet. | Lit Hub Teaching
“What haunts American land haunts its literature. Every pastoral, like every paradise, implies exclusion.” Brad Kessler on settler narratives and the unmaking of an American pastoral. | Lit Hub History
Elaine Feeney considers how Ireland’s conservative attitudes about sex and the body inspired her new novel, As You Were. | Lit Hub
“After the wave of attention from the first night, America seemed to shut down. Not for a natural disaster, but for a cultural awakening.” Wil Haygood on when 130 million Americans tuned in to watch Roots. | Lit Hub TV
On the lineage of protest music, from “Strange Fruit” to Black Lives Matter anthems. | Lit Hub Music
“It is a book that can handle my exposed ass.” Dodie Bellamy on the intimacy and bodily experience of reading Paula Modersohn-Becker (in the bathroom). | Lit Hub Criticism
J.M. Thompson describes the intensity of mountain ultrarunning (in aching, blistering detail). | Lit Hub Sports
“Reality television can be as depraved as a Roman arena.” Sallie Tisdale on the manipulative, hunger-based tactics of Survivor. | Lit Hub TV
“Bram Stoker’s Dracula is the tits.” Rapid-fire book recs from Chelsea G. Summers. | Book Marks
A look at 10 new horror novels that are perfect for crime fans. | CrimeReads
On Keen On, Myisha Cherry on anger as a tool for defeating racism, and Michael Lenox on “decarbonizing” the global economy. | Lit Hub Virtual Book Channel 
“The obsession with this fantasy is reflected at the highest levels of this industry.” On ghostwriting and the myth of the lone creative genius. | Study Hall
Bad news from Vegas: The Believer will stop publishing after its spring 2022 issue. | The Hub
Read a new poem about the pandemic by Jeannine Hall Gailey. | Image Journal
Colm Tóibín and Kiki Smith in conversation. | Interview
“Who are the gatekeepers of history?” Mary Rambaran-Olm on the prevalence of white supremacy in Medieval history, and finding community in the archives. | Public Books
In the new issue of Dorothy Parker’s Ashes, Vivian Conan discusses writing a memoir of dissociative identity disorder. | Dorothy Parker’s Ashes
Justin Beal explores the figure of the architect in fiction. | The MIT Press Reader
Libraries in Salt Lake County, Utah, are now providing naloxone to anyone who asks in an effort to address the opioid crisis. | The Salt Lake Tribune
The deadline is fast approaching to submit to the 2022 Zócalo Book Prize for nonfiction. | Zócalo Public Square
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NEW ON LIT HUB RADIO
Bad Seed Warren Ellis talks about the spirituality of music * Heather Clark on enlarging our perception of Sylvia Plath, on WMFA. * Lọlá Ákínmádé Åkerström reads from In Every Mirror She’s Black, on The Literary Salon. * Reading Women considers the emotional complexities
CHECK OUT THE SHORTLIST
The shortlist for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction, which celebrates the best in nonfiction writing, is out. This year’s shortlist explores history, race and the environment and reveals the hidden history a society in profound transition; a notorious historical figure and a global philanthropic dynasty. Explore the shortlist.
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