
Gabrielle Bellot
Staff Writer at Literary Hub
Freelance Writer at Freelance
Staff writer @lithub. Formerly Editor + Head Instructor @CatapultStory. Trans. Work in @nytimes, @NewYorker, @nybooks, @TheAtlantic, @thecut, @ParisReview, etc.
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1 week ago |
lithub.com | Gabrielle Bellot
June is here, which means that summer has also arrived. And even in a horrific world—or especially in one—there is power in small comforts, including warmer, sunnier days, and what better than to have a lovely new book at your side? A paperback, no less? I come bearing twenty-five new ones to consider in fiction, poetry, and nonfiction, each out this June. If you missed them in hardcover, you have another chance to enjoy them in these fresh new editions.
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1 week ago |
lithub.com | Gabrielle Bellot
May is nearing its end, and this has been a month that once again will be remembered most, perhaps, for its political and socioeconomic horrors, for its ever-larger steps towards American fascism. In these frightening, flummoxing times, art soothes, clarifies, and reveals, and to that end, I bring to you twenty-two new books to consider checking out in fiction and nonfiction.
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2 weeks ago |
lithub.com | Gabrielle Bellot
Another Tuesday is here, and, as always, that means that a bevy of new books will be hitting the shelves. The world is still chaotic and scary, as always, but having some constants to look forward to can help. And, like many of you, something new and intriguing to read is one constant I cherish—and one we must never take for granted, under an American administration that has already begun to suppress and silence the arts in myriad ways.
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3 weeks ago |
lithub.com | Gabrielle Bellot
According to the powers that be (er, apparently according to Dan Wickett of the Emerging Writers Network), May is Short Story Month. To celebrate, for the third year in a row, the Literary Hub staff will be recommending a single short story, free* to read online, every (work) day of the month. Why not read along with us? Today, we recommend:Isaac Asimov, “Nightfall”In 1941, just a few weeks into spring, John W.
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3 weeks ago |
lithub.com | Gabrielle Bellot
It’s just about the middle of May, and the world continues to be a phantasmagoric horror show unfolding at once too quickly and too slowly. But, through it all, and despite governmental attempts to silence artists and art institutions alike, there is still new, urgent, exciting art to discover. And today is no exception in the world of books.
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