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Inside the First Non-Stop Trans-Atlantic Flight That No One Has Ever Heard Of

2 days ago | lithub.com | David Rooney

In the early afternoon of June 14th, 1919, two young men struggled into heavy flying suits, then climbed into a modified Vickers Vimy biplane on Lester’s Field, a mile from downtown St. John’s, Newfoundland. The airplane was an unwieldy, twin-engine ex-bomber, retrofitted with fuel tanks where formerly the bombs would have been held.
At the Intersection of Magic and Destiny: June’s Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books

5 days ago | lithub.com | Natalie Zutter

Summer kicks off with some fun kismet, meaning shared vibes among the new sci-fi and fantasy releases. Wander the Witch Roads or step through a portal into an unknown realm. Vampires travel through the centuries from the 1500s all the way into the 24th century. Couriers, architects, and legionnaires try to envision themselves in new destinations, whether physical (a kingdom) or figurative (war transitioning into peacetime).
One great short story to read today: Kevin Brockmeier’s “The Ceiling”

1 week ago | lithub.com | Dan Sheehan

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?
“The Songs Prove That We Were Here”: Ocean Vuong on Sufjan Stevens

1 week ago | lithub.com | Ocean Vuong

When Carrie & Lowell was first released in 2015, I was still in grad school at NYU, trying to finish what would become my first book of poems, Night Sky with Exit Wounds. I remember listening to the album while walking around Greenwich Village, down 11th street towards 5th avenue, then back towards 6th via 10th street. I’d circle those blocks while the album emptied from my phone and into my body, trying to solve particular ticks and problems in my writing.
Living with Mr. Spock! Thom Gunn! Harriet Tubman! 25 books out in paperback this June.

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.
Paul Elie on Art, Faith, and Sex in 1980s America-and the New Pope

1 week ago | lithub.com | Paul Elie

Nonfiction writer Paul Elie joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to discuss his new book The Last Supper: Art, Faith, Sex, and Controversy in the 1980s and Pope Leo XIV. Elie compares the new pope to John Paul II, whose conservative views shaped the 1980s. He explains how and why ’80s artists like Andy Warhol, U2, and Bob Dylan produced art he considers “crypto-religious,” a term coined by poet Czesław Miłosz.
Rebecca Solnit on Her Most Beloved Objects

1 week ago | lithub.com | Rebecca Solnit

In A Field Guide to Getting Lost, the book-length meditation on loss and getting lost I published twenty years ago, I describe the film I made at age twenty in an abandoned hospital with the young man I got to know through that project and then spent the rest of my twenties with; this is the lone surviving prop from the film, inscribed with a line from Nabokov’s Pale Fire: The lost glove is happy. Article continues after advertisementThe first time I got drunk was on Elijah’s wine.
The 10 Best Book Covers of May

1 week ago | lithub.com | Emily Temple

Another month of books, another month of book covers. Here are some of my favorites from May:Article continues after advertisement It takes special skill to make a text-only cover like this sing; I love the ’70s vibes, the balanced/unbalanced white space, and the aggressive HAPPY? I have a soft spot for wolf girls, but even if I didn’t, the color-blocked drips would get me.
One great short story to read today: James Tadd Adcox’s “A Haunting”

1 week ago | lithub.com | Drew Broussard

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:James Tadd Adcox, “A Haunting”ergot.
In Praise of the Inherent Queerness of Nature

1 week ago | lithub.com | Patricia Kaishian

In its common usage, the word “nature” carries a lot of baggage—it suggests a space that is distinct from the human species and our day-to-day world. The word invokes a great divide, an idea that humans are elevated and apart from the primordial muck from which we sprang. But this partitioning is a cultural choice, not a scientific fact. From a biological and evolutionary perspective, humans are nature and nature is human.