TODAY: In 2006, Israeli writer Yizhar Smilansky, known by his pen name, S. Yizhar, dies.
- Rebecca Schuman: I made a mistake in my book and men on the internet went nuts. | Literary Hub
- Mark Bray on why we should pay attention to Dinesh D’Souza’s terrible book about “fascism.” | Literary Hub
- When does fascist satire go too far? [See above?] On the curious case of Curzio Malaparte. | Literary Hub
- Pinch me: on the unreality of coming of age in Conversations with Friends and The Answers. | Literary Hub
- The remaining members of the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities have resigned; Donald Trump’s former ghostwriter has predicted that President will soon follow suit. | The Washington Post, CNN
- Kind, good, happy, gentlemanly, secure people never go Nazi: Harper’s has republished Dorothy Thompson’s article “Who Goes Nazi?” from 1941. | Harper’s Magazine
- “You enter this world where these people are their superhero personas; their secret selves, but in public.” Speaking with Savannah Knoop and Justin Kelly, co-writers of JT Leroy (which stars Kristen Stewart and Laura Dern). | W Magazine
- An existential reading list for your End of Days’ crisis. | Literary Hub
- I would be the first person to examine what Macdonald had rescued—barely—from oblivion: James Atlas on the poet Delmore Schwartz and the obsessions of biography. | The New Yorker
- “We were on this lovely romantic holiday, and my thoughts turned to murrrder.” An interview with Val McDermid. | The Guardian
- “It’s a familiar message, applied to the realm of literature. For women, it’s always better not to take up too much space.” On gender and heft in recent, acclaimed fiction. | The Hairpin
- Imagining alternate futures, from Diana’s survival and Hillary’s election: On the recent spate of political fanfiction. | The New York Times
- A dream of dislocation and transport: Jim Shepard on John Banville’s Eclipse. | Book Marks
Also on Literary Hub: Valerie Geary gets ready for the eclipse · The accidental autobiography: writing about a spiritual journey · An excerpt from Cherise Wolas’s novel, The Resurrection of Joan Ashby
