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Lit Hub Daily: May 1, 2026

THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET

TODAY: In 1919, the May Day Riots take place in Cleveland, Ohio. They will become the subject of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s short story “May Day,” first published in The Smart Set in 1920.  

Is satire really dead? According to Erin Van Der Meer, we’re the ones who just aren’t getting it. | Lit Hub Humor
“I would never deny a witch her will.” Lauren Groff considers the radical act of doing nothing. | Lit Hub Craft
Caroline Carlson recommends 10 great children’s books coming in May by Christian Robinson, Stephen Barr, Lauren Wolk and more! | Lit Hub Reading Lists
Why our prehistoric ancestors were actually incredible architects: “What began as simple returns to favored spots evolved into increasingly sophisticated and enduring manipulations of space that would ultimately distinguish us from every other species on Earth.” | Lit Hub History
Rebecca Morgan Frank recommends 7 new poetry collections, including work by Carolina Ebeid, Laura Kasischke, and Luis Muñoz. | Lit Hub Reading Lists
“Kim Kardashian has become ubiquitous, as if she were a very hot dictator whose portrait hung in every home in America.” 5 book reviews you need to read this week | Book Marks
These upcoming sci-fi and fantasy books will have you craving adventure in fantastical, futuristic worlds. | Lit Hub Reading Lists
“At some point I stopped stopping / to write, life a mark of living not clicking.” Read “The Formal Beginnings of Packing,” a poem by Amanda Nadelberg from the collection Shake Until Cloudy. | Lit Hub Poetry
“We were at my cousin Channing’s house, in the woods of a New England town, when our grandfather told us the Korean story of Chunhyang and Mongryong.” Read from Jimin Han’s new novel, Dreamt I Found You. | Lit Hub Fiction
“When I do not reckon with the ways that casinos, betting apps, and late-stage capitalism operationalize my sadness, economic anxiety, and greed, I risk more privately and talk less about that risk publicly.” Kiese Laymon on gambling. | Vanity Fair
Patrick McCray wonders: What is authorship in the age of ChatGPT? | The MIT Press Reader
Good news! Young people increasingly hate AI. | The Verge
Kang-Chun Cheng explores the fight to preserve ancient literature in Mauritania. | The Dial
Unsurprisingly, the far right doesn’t understand Animal Farm. | Wired
Michele Goodwin considers the misogyny and racism inherent to the gutting of the Voting Rights Act. | The Nation

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