Today: Elizabeth Barrett Browning died in 1861. Natalie Adler and Sarah Shulman talk about the history of AIDS and interrogating agents with the phrase “dam about town”. | Lit Hub in conversation Why readers still fall in love with Mr. DarcyEven after 200 years. | lit hub criticism “What I could not say, Satrapi finally
America just opened the weather buffet and ordered winter first. While much of the country is moving toward Fourth of July planning, some highland areas of the Northern Rockies are getting a reminder that summer doesn’t always have the final say. Snowfall is forecast again in late June in parts of Montana and Idaho, and
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The best of literary internet Today: 1912 ER Braithwaite is born. Maggie McKinley reflects on Joan Didion’s “future-oriented” nostalgia. | lit hub criticism “I would never blame them. But being around Americans is the last thing I can do when this country is bombing my country.” Iranian writer Shohreh Laisi on the war and her
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All of you, you and how you guys talk. The NYT published this American dialect quiz years ago, but I came across it only recently. It asks twenty-five questions about the words you use and how you pronounce them. Do you say you all or you guys? Crawfish or crawdads? Is it a garage sale,
The best of literary internet Today: 1817 Branwell Brontë is born. “How is queer history incorporated into the historical record?” Demetris Papadimitropoulos on Tennessee Williams, Daniel Siba blue roses and ambiguity of evidence. | lit hub criticism “I don’t remember the exact content of the poem, but it was the first time I saw someone
The best of literary internet Today: 1903 George Orwell is born. Anthony Aycock looks back island tree vs pico, The first (and only) book banning case heard by the Supreme Court. | Lit Hub Politics Maris Kreizman recommends 40 great books you might have forgotten (that you should read instead of J.D. Vance’s memoir). |