Hello and welcome back to Books on the Brain. On this week's episode, Danielle is diving into the world of HP Lovecraft and the expansiveness of his work and Deirdre is taking us back to the 1950s and the book hoax that turned into a PR stunt! https://content.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,92545,00.html https://www.theawl.com/2013/02/the-man-behind-the-brilliant-media-hoax-of-i-libertine/ http://hoaxes.org/archive/permalink/i_libertine http://web.archive.org/web/20020427051336/flicklives.com/Articles/Wall_Street_Journel/8-1-56/8-1-56.jpg https://gizmodo.com/the-bizarre-true-life-tale-of-the-hoax-behind-i-libert-1686572112 https://www.vox.com/culture/21363945/hp-lovecraft-racism-examples-explained-what-is-lovecraftian-weird-fiction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovecraftian_horror https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/how-writers-are-turning-h-p-lovecraft-s-racist-work-on-its-head-1.5883881 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/19/arts/television/lovecraft-country-season-finale.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/07/arts/television/hp-lovecraft.html Want your voice heard in any of these conversations? You can send us a DM or comment on our Instagram @booksonthebrainpodcast ! You can also send us an email: [email protected] We upload weekly on Wednesdays, and you can find us individually Deirdre (she/her) @deirdrerosemorgan on Instagram & TikTok, Danielle (she/her) @d.j.books on Instagram

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