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“To fall short of greatness, and to experience oneself falling short, is debilitating.” Lauren Aliza Green on perfectionism and why she abandoned the violin. | Lit Hub Music
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- Jane Ciabattari talks to Nina Schuyler about giving nature a voice: “Nature wants people to listen, and people normally walk away from endless rage.” | Lit Hub In Conversation
- How is serving meals similar to serving your readers? Ethan Joella on what working at a restaurant can teach writers. | Lit Hub Craft
- Calculated, strategic, and predatory: why white sharks are the serial killers of the sea. | Lit Hub Nature
- Pandas, time loops, music, and more! Caroline Carlson recommends 10 new children’s books out in July. | Lit Hub Reading Lists
- “When it comes to helping people take care of their health and the health of the earth…the law seems to be far behind.” C.L. Skach on balancing the needs of people with the needs of the planet. | Lit Hub Politics
- These 25 new books are out today, including work by Joy Williams, Rust Belt writers, and Christian Gullette. | Lit Hub Reading Lists
- “This, Tracy learned, was Camp Emerson: Three buildings formed its northernmost edge, closest to the main house up the hill.” Read from Liz Moore’s new novel, The God of the Woods. | Lit Hub Fiction
- Rebecca Mead on the history of Fitzcarraldo Editions, the publishing house that makes challenging books chic. | The New Yorker
- “You have a knack for making letters as beautiful as evening hours.” Read three letters from Rainer Maria Rilke to the Expressionist painter Paula Modersohn-Becker. | The Paris Review
- Lauren LeBlanc revisits Disgrace, which “presag[ed] the series of destabilizing crises that has defined the 21st century.” | Los Angeles Times
- Lyta Gold on Plato, moral panics, and why we’re so afraid of books. | The New York Times
- “Color choices definitely help tell the story.” Graphic novelist and children’s book illustrator Sara Varon on staying home and drawing comics about her dog. | The Comics Journal
- Alberto Manguel pays tribute to Ismail Kadare: “In the state of our world today, this alone renders Kadare essential reading.” | The Guardian
