The Lit Hub Author Questionnaire is a monthly interview consisting of seven questions for five authors with new books. This month we talk about: Julie Buntin (famous men) Nathaniel Rich (cloud thief) Lucy Schiller (Aging Out: An Exploration of Caregiving, Community, and How Americans Grow Old) Parini Shroff (some people) Elizabeth Winthrop (strong belief) *
The best of literary internet Today: In 1904, Anton Chekhov died of tuberculosis. “I usually write things my own way.” Eric Olsson introducing Sigrid Núñez at the release of her collection, it will come back to you. | Lit Hub Craft Angela Flournoy Finds Out Why Jean Called Makdisi beirut pieces “A Memoir of Surviving
The best of literary internet Today: In 1930, about 6,000 Spiritualists gathered at the Royal Albert Hall for a memorial to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, including his relatives. Medium Estelle Roberts sent a private message to Doyle’s widow, which she confirmed to be genuine. Article continues after ad
The best of literary internet Today: In 1873, Paul Verlaine shot and wounded Arthur Rimbaud. Zack St. George investigates the wild scams of Australia’s snake venom swindlers. | Lit Hub History How activists Kevin Tubbs and Jacob Ferguson brought a fey kind of environmental liberation to America. | Lit Hub Climate Change “During the years
The best of literary internet Today: 1764 Anne Radcliffe is born. Remembering the great Tom Stoppard (and a night at the theatre) on his London Remembrance Day. | Lit Hub Why do we feel good when a new bomb enters the villa? Anna Peel searches for eternal pantomime love island. | lit hub tv William
Today: In 1923, Nella Larson graduated from the NYPL’s library school and became the first professionally trained black librarian. How Jane Austen destroyed the romance she had mastered by writing it emma. | lit hub criticism Lisa Owens explores the “taboo” ways in which women writers balance creativity with family. | Lit Hub Craft Why
Library friends, welcome back. I hope our American readers enjoyed their holiday weekend and everyone stayed cool amid this terrible heat wave. I have an assortment of updates to keep you on top of your library game: publishing news and opinion pieces, a summer reading list “bonanza”, memoir lawsuits, a UK literary crisis, and more.
The best of literary internet Today: 1927, James Joyce’s collection poms peniche Published by Shakespeare & Company in Paris. How Joyce Carol Oates, queen of the literary Internet, examines “the depressing effects of technology on contemporary life” in her new collection, frenzy. | lit hub criticism Brian Charles follows the slow, steady invasion of AI
Today: In 1893, Guy de Maupassant died. Michael Dirda defends moby-dick As the ultimate American novel. | lit hub criticism Why Plato’s “Mythical” Dinner Party seminar Is really about love. | Lit Hub Craft How medieval scribes engaged in writing as a spiritual practice (and preserved culture and history in the process). | Lit Hub
The best of literary internet Today: Vladimir Nabokov died in 1977. Why we should revisit Frederick Douglass’s speech this July 4th is not clear. | Lit Hub History These 10 best books for children coming out in July include new works from Jacques Jource, Celeste Pewter, Sumiah Beck, and more. | Lit Hub Reading Lists