Today: In 1908, Salvadoran poet Vicente Acosta died on his birthday.
- Tarot reader Lisa Stardust examines Sylvia Plath’s connection to her deck. | lit hub criticism
- How does the expectation that “books are now said to function simultaneously as texts and lifestyle objects” influence cover design in the social media age? | lit hub design
- “It’s just a question of whether you’re looking through a telescope or a microscope.” Michael Cunningham on making peace with the scale of your work. | Lit Hub Craft
- Lara Nørgaard remembers translating Chris Judar’s bizarre poems They marched under the sun. | Lit Hub on Translation
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Colson Whitehead’s great machineMichael Cunningham’s unsayableand Claire Vaye Watkins’ yellow pine convenience among all Best reviewed books of the week. | book marks
- “As if / in moments / falls.” Read “Drinking the Bees”, a poem by Christian Wyman from the collection that dance. | lit hub poetry
- “It started with a toaster and ended with a Maytag washer dryer combo and four new steel-belt radials.” Read “You’ve Told Me This Joke Before” from George Singleton’s new collection, injured boarder. | Lit Hub Fiction
- “Drama, he insisted, attempted to avoid definition. This strategy of avoidance leaves us staring at a meaningless landscape, which in turn is the source of our entertainment and amusement.” Robert Zaretsky on waiting for godot. | American scholar
- What does it do A Homerist Thinks About Christopher Nolan odyssey? | hyperallergic
- Athar Abu Samra Writes about returning home to Gaza. | Nation
- If you need something else to worry about, Everyone is evaluating your bookcase. | salon
- “I used to love New York, but after writing about it in this particular way for seven years, I love New York even more now.” Natalie Weiner interviews Colson Whitehead. | turncoat
