Lit List: Thursday November 10, 2016
/Today on the Lit List: Why we don't need any more heroes, but we do need poetry, plus reflections from Jelani Cobb and Kate Zambreno...
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Today on the Lit List: Why we don't need any more heroes, but we do need poetry, plus reflections from Jelani Cobb and Kate Zambreno...
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Today on the Lit List: Why there are no novels about global warming, René Magritte's English-language writing debut, and a defense of the ellipsis...
Read MoreToday on the Lit List: Hunter Thompson's widow returns Hemingway's antlers; Chasing Amy and the toxic “nerd masculinity” of the nineties; and library use in England falls dramatically.
Read MoreToday on the Lit List: Teju Cole talks and Taiye Selasi on photography, being pigeonholed, and "traveling while black"; a new Bridget Jones diary to be published in October; the role of women's hairstyles in World War II; and the New York Times reviews Colson Whitehead's Underground Railroad.
Read MoreToday on the Lit List: Colson Whitehead on slavery, success and his new novel; in defense of Rudyard Kipling; a new generation of writers in Europe; and Paula Hawkins now one of the world's richest authors.
Read MoreToday on the Lit List: Celebrating James Baldwin's birthday; Doubleday pulls a 'Beyoncé' by unexpectedly releasing Colson Whitehead's The Underground Railroad ahead of schedule and without warning; and Simon & Schuster to publish local titles in India next year.
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