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Lit Hub Daily: August 8, 2025

Fri, 08 Aug 2025 10:30:38 +0000

“Sexting a man that you just met in a park is nothing like Jane Austen’s day.” Grace Aldridge asks, how would Austen define an accomplished woman in the present? | Lit Hub Criticism This week on The Lit Hub Podcast: Talking sonnets with Brad Lander • What happens when your small press wins the Booker […]

On the Lit Hub Podcast: Brad Lander Talks Sonnets; What Happens When a Small Press Wins the Booker

Fri, 08 Aug 2025 11:01:49 +0000

A weekly behind-the-scenes dive into everything interesting, dynamic, strange, and wonderful happening in literary culture—featuring Lit Hub staff, columnists, and special guests! Hosted by Drew Broussard. Summer means long days and hanging out in nature and Shakespeare — specifically Shakespeare in the Park. After James Folta wrote about NYC Comptroller Brad Lander’s sonnet for the […]

Here’s everything that made us happy this week.

Fri, 08 Aug 2025 16:18:30 +0000

The theme this week is small attention. Whether palpating the perfect nightshade or kneeling at the church of secular folk, we spent time looking and listening close. Small things—good jokes, cupcakes, asides—kept the engines running. Drew Broussard went to a workshop of a new Heather Christian piece, and hasn’t been able to stop thinking about […]

This week’s news in Venn diagrams.

Fri, 08 Aug 2025 18:09:37 +0000

A cool August week here in New York, and I’ve been obsessing over tomatoes. Peak tomato season is the best, an ecstatic experience, and in my humble opinion a redeeming moment for summer, which is otherwise too hot and sweaty to really be enjoyable. Plus science just found out that tomatoes also gave us potatoes—is […]

A Fantastical Odyssey Through Renaissance Italy: Álvaro Enrigue on Bomarzo

Fri, 08 Aug 2025 08:59:02 +0000

In June 1962 Manuel Mujica Lainez—then fifty-two years old—might have been regarded as a writer past his prime in a country going through a period of brilliance like no other national literature in Latin America has ever seen. On a wet, cold, gray day that austral fall in Buenos Aires, one could see Jorge Luis […]

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Best Open Earbuds, Tested and Reviewed (2025): Bose and More

Sat, 09 Aug 2025 13:03:00 +0000

These wireless earbuds with an “open” design let you zone out to your music while also keeping aware of your surroundings.

Ex-NSA Chief Paul Nakasone Has a Warning for the Tech World

Fri, 08 Aug 2025 23:21:40 +0000

At the Defcon security conference in Las Vegas on Friday, Nakasone tried to thread the needle in a politically fraught moment while hinting at major changes for the tech community around the corner.

A Special Diamond Is the Key to a Fully Open Source Quantum Sensor

Sat, 09 Aug 2025 18:40:47 +0000

Quantum sensors can be used in medical technologies, navigation systems, and more, but they’re too expensive for most people. That's where the Uncut Gem open source project comes in.

The Vibes-Based Pricing of ‘Pro’ AI Software

Fri, 08 Aug 2025 19:46:11 +0000

In this episode of Uncanny Valley, we're talking about why some chatbot subscriptions are so expensive and how these premium prices were determined on vibes more than anything substantial.

'House of the Dragon' Actor's New Horror Game Skewers Hollywood

Fri, 08 Aug 2025 15:24:04 +0000

Abubakar Salim’s game Dead Take explores scandals, exploitation, and AI-fueled media manipulation.

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