The best of literary internet Today: In 1592, an epidemic of bubonic plague caused London’s theaters to close for nearly 16 months. Why the aging millennial experience of American life is a cycle of getting your hopes up and disappointed. | Lit Hub Memoirs Justin Ellis explores the labor history and racial solidarity of mid-century
Rate, Review, Share apple podcasts And join the conversation over email. TODAY ON THE PODCAST: Lionel Messi becomes the leading scorer in World Cup history. Argentina has scored five goals so far and all the goals have been scored by Messi. That’s pretty cool, isn’t it? The panel answers this and other tough questions. Elsewhere:
Today: 1898 Erich Maria Remarque is born. “She doesn’t lack sex. The clothes she wears are just one of the ways a woman chooses to play by her own rules.” When the time came, George Sand became smart. | lit hub biography Why the Chicago Manual of Style Should Reconsider Its Stance on Capitalizing “Earth”
Rate, Review, Share apple podcasts And join the conversation over email. Today on the Podcast: Cape Verde draws 2-2 with Uruguay! It’s two points from two for them and with the match against Saudi Arabia coming up, the knockouts are still a long way off. Elsewhere in Group H: Spain look to have a different
Rate, Review, Share apple podcast And join the conversation over email. TODAY ON THE PODCAST: Netherlands beat Sweden 5-1 to top Group F. Brian Brobby came into the Dutch attack and transformed them with some classic centre-forward hold-up play. Elsewhere: Deniz Undav scored two off the bench as Germany came from behind to beat Côte
Rate, Review, Share apple podcast And join the conversation over email. Today on the Podcast: Morocco scored a very, very spectacular goal very early against Scotland and for the first 20 minutes it looked like they were going to blow them away. But with a better second half performance and a bit of luck, they
The best of literary internet Today: In 1982, Djuna Barnes died. Through layers of loss and grief, Fatemeh Shams remembers Marjane Satrapi: “Marjane reminded me, as her work often does, that in the most desperate times, art, writing and human connection are radical acts of repair.” Lit Hub Deb Olin Unfurth explores the necessity of
Rate, Review, Share apple podcast And join the conversation over email. TODAY ON THE PODCAST: Canada beats nine-man Qatar 6-0 thanks to Jonathan David’s hat trick, the first hat-trick by a CONCACAF player in nearly a century. Canada has almost booked a spot in the knockouts for the first time, with the only downside being
Rate, Review, Share apple podcast And join the conversation over email. Today on the Podcast: England 4-2 Croatia. Thomas Tuchel’s men pressed hard and attacked with pace and purpose, particularly in a very impressive second half. How excited should one be after the first game? Elsewhere: Also in England’s group, Ghana 1-0 Panama doesn’t get
Today: In 1938, T.H. White’s sword in the stone is published. Why Robert W. Service’s “The Cremation of Sam McGee” is a good poem for bad fathers. | Lit Hub Craft Aaron Boehmer considers the future of ethnic studies and academia to be in crisis: “Although no amount of protests, demonstrations, or organizing can revive