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What do you do when your book detailing Civil War-era censorship is censored by the US government? | Lit Hub Politics

“Maybe it’s fair to call this mysticism, but it could also be called democracy. Because it acknowledges the fundamental, unnegotiable, and sacred reality of everyone’s inviolate existence.” Ed Simon considers Allen Ginsberg on his 100th birthday. | Lit Hub Criticism

When your novel’s a love letter to your hometown, it still “may not come off looking the best in its pages.” | Lit Hub Craft