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Lit Hub Daily: April 21, 2026

On the Crazy 1963 Tour That Established the Rolling Stones’ Bad Boy Image

Why We All Hate the Word “Moist” So Much

Prone To Be Productive: In Praise of Writing in Bed

Jayne Anne Phillips on Chronicling Her West Virginia Upbringing and Writer’s Journey

How Lewis and Clark Invented the Western

Eight Books About Women With Secret Lives

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Jayne Anne Phillips, Xochitl Gonzalez, T. C. Boyle, and more: 20 new books out today!

$2M worth of stolen rare books have been returned to the Whitney family.

One great poem to read today: Ada Limón’s “The Noisiness of Sleep”

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Lit Hub Daily: April 20, 2026

What is the Best Literary Film Adaptation of the Last 50 Years? The Final Matchup

When (and Why) Exactly Did Elon Musk Make His Hard Turn to the Right?

On the Unique and Ongoing Relationship Between Bob Dylan and the Beatles

This Week in Literary History: Mae West is Sentenced to Ten Days in Jail for Obscenity

In the Parlors of Black Bibliophiles: How Arturo Schomburg Built a Library and Made History

The Scent of Rebellion: How Cannabis Became the Drug of Choice For the Counterculture

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