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TODAY: In 1899, French actress Sarah Bernhardt premieres an adaptation of Shakespeare‘s Hamlet with herself in the title role and in a theater named after here.

Everyone’s talking about Salome right now, and Leslie Baird has some answers about why. | Lit Hub Politics

How the critical approaches outlined in George Saunders’s A Swim in a Pond in the Rain can apply to audio narratives, too. | Lit Hub Criticism

Emily Rapp Black offers pawn shop wisdom about object-based writing. | Lit Hub Craft