Lit Hub Daily: August 31, 2026

Literary Hub's daily roundup for August thirty-first marks the birthday of Punjabi poet Amrita Pritam, born in nineteen nineteen, and features essays on the myths of Dresden in Slaughterhouse-Five, a conversation with Marlon James about his autobiographical novel, and a defense of frivolity. The digest also points to a Vanity Fair report that Rich Dad Poor Dad author Robert Kiyosaki is one point two billion dollars in debt, and an excerpt from Meg Howrey's new novel Body Language.

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