Working Title: Trimalchio

Dustin Illingworth writes for Lit Hub about the origins of great book titles. Also check out Janet Potter’s Millions guide to finding the perfect title for that book in your drawer.

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Bruna Dantas Lobato is an intern for The Millions. Her writing has appeared or is forthcoming in BOMB, Ploughshares online, Music & Literature, Words Without Borders, and elsewhere. She is currently the assistant fiction editor for Washington Square Review. She tweets at @bdantaslobato.