LitHub Daily: January 11, 2017

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TODAY: In 1843, “The Star-Spangled Banner” lyricist Francis Scott Key dies.



20 short novels to read overnight, in the comfort of your bed. | Literary Hub
Eva Hoffman on how to combat boredom and loneliness (hint: art). | Literary Hub
Writing as lifestyle good: on MFAs and money. | Literary Hub
A gathering of writers in resistance: go to an anti-inauguration near you. | Literary Hub
Five books you may have missed last month. | Literary Hub
Roxane Gay and Madonna discuss their disdain for bad wine, being motivated by art, and The Beautiful and the Damned. | Harper’s Bazaar
Keep your damn Hobbit: Marlon James has released information about his epic fantasy series, the Dark Star Trilogy. | Entertainment Weekly
On the “perils publishers face as they tailor their publishing plans to reflect volatile new political realities” and the future of conservative imprints under Trump. | The New York Times
“I’ve been influenced in one way or another by the moment in which I’m living, and by nearly everything surrounding me, from lousy magazines to television to political propaganda.” An interview with Marcelo Morales. | BOMB Magazine
On the conversation surrounding Joseph Boyden’s identity, in which “questions asked of Boyden [are seen] as persecution of him.” | Jezebel
The book came from my desire to write about teenagers as I knew them to be, not as I saw them being portrayed in media and pop culture.” An interview with Lindsey Lee Johnson. | Electric Literature
Librarians on the strangest things they’ve discovered in books (a whole taco, multiple accounts of raw bacon, laminated marijuana leaves, etc.) | Tin House

 


 


 


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