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Emily Temple

@knownemily

managing editor at @lithub. debut novel THE LIGHTNESS out now from @wmmorrowbooks (us) + @boroughpress (uk). not today, satan.

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Joined December 2009
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Well democracy might be broken but these people are very kind and I am very grateful. 😭🧡✨ @marykarrlit @GarthGreenwell @chloekbenjamin
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FINALLY!!!!! Cannot wait to read this from the brilliant @_chrisknapp_
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It's #FinallyFriday! Need a good read for the weekend? Listen to @knownemily Emily Temple and @prepartynap Katie Yee discuss @lithub's favorite books of 2022 with hosts @V_V_G and @Wsterrell in this back episode from Fiction/Non/Fiction: lithub.com/lit-hubs-favorite…
Lit Hub’s Favorite Books of 2022, with Emily Temple and Katie Yee

Lit Hub’s Favorite Books of 2022, with Emily Temple and Katie Yee

Author and Literary Hub Managing Editor Emily Temple and Lit Hub Associate Editor Katie Yee join hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell to talk about Lit Hub’s 38 favorite books of the year …

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Tonight! Join us as we welcome author Emily Temple (@knownemily), winner of the 2022 Calvino Prize, at 7:30 in the Poetry Reading Room at Ekstrom Library! Temple will read from her winning story "Out, Out," with a discussion to follow.
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This Thursday 2/3, join us as we welcome 2022 Calvino Prize winner Emily Temple (@knownemily) from 7:30-9pm in the Bingham Poetry Room in Ekstrom Library! Temple will read from her winning story "Out, Out," with discussion to follow. This is an event you do not want to miss!
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We're thrilled to announce that the winner of this year's Calvino Prize for Fabulist Fiction is Emily Temple (@knownemily) for her story "Out, Out." Keep an eye out for this story in the next issue of Miracle Monocle (@miracle_monocle )! louisville.edu/english/creat…
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My very favorite annual Lit Hub piece is live today. With my thanks to the 34 (!) designers who took the time to send me their favorites, please enjoy this book cover porn: lithub.com/the-101-best-book…
The 101 Best Book Covers of 2021

The 101 Best Book Covers of 2021

Well, friends, it’s been another tough year. But as we wind down 2021, it is useful to remember the good parts, the pleasures small and large that got us through. And yes, a beautifully desig…

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literary halloween costumes for the rest of us lithub.com/ten-topical-liter…
Ten topical literary Halloween costumes for 2021.

Ten topical literary Halloween costumes for 2021.

1. Supply Chain Issues Drape yourself in paper chains and take a really, really long time to respond to questions. 2. Woke Franzen Dark rimmed glasses, button-down, binoculars for bird-watching, go…

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So I know you're not supposed to talk about your bad reviews, but also . . . it's really very fun to talk about your bad reviews.
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on the newest installment of my "Thick Skin" interview series, read @knownemily's superlatively candid responses: 0s-1s.com/thick-skin-xxii
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Emily Temple (@knownemily) on the stupendously gorgeous, sometimes transcendent "The Green Knight." lithub.com/the-green-knight-…

The Green Knight Unmakes a Classic—to Unsettling and Glorious Effect

I first encountered Sir Gawain in a college course on the quest narrative. The class fulfilled the English major’s pre-1800 literature course requirement, but it also met at 8 am. It is primarily a…

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I did it, I made the least literary thing in the universe into a literary thing lithub.com/10-things-all-wri…
10 things all writers could learn from Love Island. No, seriously.

10 things all writers could learn from Love Island. No, seriously.

On Monday, after a horrible, miserable year off due to the pandemic, my favorite television show of all time returns to ITV. That’s right, I am talking about Love Island, the boringest, stupi…

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Tomorrow! @dianecookbot and @knownemily are joining us to talk about their thrilling books THE NEW WILDERNESS and THE LIGHTNESS (respectively). 7:30 on Zoom, come through: communitybookstore.net/cook-…
cover images from Diane Cook's THE NEW WILDERNESS and Emily Temple's THE LIGHTNESS

ALT cover images from Diane Cook's THE NEW WILDERNESS and Emily Temple's THE LIGHTNESS

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Come hang out with me and @dianecookbot at @CommunityBkstr online (still) this Thursday. 2 paperback launches, free to a good home!
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what good is being in the illuminati if there are no human sacrifices though Albert
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"While it’s perplexing that people who are always rhapsodizing about how much they love reading can be so very bad at it, the truth is that the incentives for interpreting a book’s meaning in the worst possible light are high." Laura Miller nails it. slate.com/culture/2021/06/el…
Bogus Social Media Outrage Is Making Authors Change Lines in Their Books Now

Bogus Social Media Outrage Is Making Authors Change Lines in Their Books Now

The silly idea that a fictional character’s statements reflect an author’s actual beliefs is spreading.

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#TheLightness⚡ by @knownemily is a hypnotic, disturbing read exploding with sexual tension and dramatic female dynamics – it’s wildly entertaining if we must say so ourselves😏 Preorder the paperback here: smarturl.it/TheLightness-PB
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Now, everyone call it “the murder of George Floyd.” – at Nashville, TN
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White male opens fire in a Colorado killing ten just days after a white male opens fire in Atlanta killing eight. Either we have a gun problem or a white male problem. Or… both.
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A daily spiritual exercise or a sophisticated marketing strategy? Something different, or something «boring»? Today we publish a reflection by the writer Emily Temple on the practice of meditation. You can read the piece clicking here: bit.ly/3eShoow @knownemily
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Check out this excerpt from THE LIGHTNESS by @knownemily on @lithub: lithub.com/the-lightness/ and then join us TODAY at 12 PM ET as Emily & @AnnaBeecher—both @UVACWP MFA grads—read from & discuss their novels! Register for this FREE #VaBook2021 event: vabook.org/events/2021/03/uv…
The Lightness

The Lightness

i Once, not so long ago, a woman on the street told me my fortune. She said it was good news: I’d live a long life. I’d be happy. Bouncing babies, etc. I was past thirty by then, and I’d had these …

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