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TODAY: In 1866, the steamer Governor Higginson encounters a mysterious sea creature in Jules Verne’s Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.

“For years I’ve been trying to obtain Greek citizenship, which, if one of your parents was born in Greece, can be, ostensibly, a straightforward process.” On experiencing your family’s homeland amid grief. | Lit Hub Memoir

Fiona Sampson explores what makes a literary biography literary. | Lit Hub Craft

How leprosy was wielded as a bio-weapon against indigenous Hawaiians. | Lit Hub History