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
https://gizmodo.com/the-bizarre-true-life-tale-of-the-hoax-behind-i-libert-1686572112
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovecraftian_horror
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
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