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“One can barely imagine the intolerable weight of this family inheritance…irresistible for so many years yet the only thing one wants to escape.” 5 book reviews you need to read this week. | Book Marks
Are you the asshole if you think most writers are bad? Kristen Arnett offers some advice. | Lit Hub Advice
“Something about seeing faith at its most extreme and uncompromising allowed me to make room for a faith that was more welcoming, a faith that had room for doubt.” On writing about cults. | Lit Hub Craft
We need more books about (actually) old women. Laurie Frankel recommends some by Susie Boyt, Tove Jansson, Zadie Smith, and more. | Lit Hub Reading Lists
“The day I heard, it rained hard. Long streaks outside my window, sleet as I walked to the train.” Read from Kyle McCarthy’s new novel, Immersions. | Lit Hub Fiction
Kimberlé Crenshaw talks to Amy Goodman about her new memoir, the Voting Rights Act, and what gives her hope. | Democracy Now!
Five major publishers (including Hachette and Macmillan) and Scott Turow have filed a class-action lawsuit against Meta and Mark Zuckerberg, alleging that they illegally used copyrighted works to train Meta’s AI program. | The New York Times
Dena Yago considers childhood and online censorship (and remembers infamous shock site rotten.com). | The Paris Review
“Despite their meticulously curated reputation for ruthless invincibility, the leaders of the Third Reich were sensitive to mockery and satire.” Hank Kennedy chronicles the Nazi war on cartoons. | The Comics Journal
In response to tech fatigue, people are embracing the elite aesthetics of imperfection. | The New Yorker
Why some authors are replacing conventional book tours with “decentralized” press on Substack and beyond. | Fast Company
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