TODAY: In 1985, English poet, novelist, and soldier Robert Graves dies.
- “It all boils down to this: America values women less than men.” Gillian Flynn on our society’s endemic sexism. | TIME
- Lorin Stein has resigned from his role as the editor of The Paris Review amid an investigation into his inappropriate conduct with female writers and employees. | The New York Times
- Sally Rooney wants to start the revolution: talking to the author of Conversations with Friends about class, care, and more. | Literary Hub
- 8 books that move disability from the margins to the center: a reading list from Kenny Fries. | Literary Hub
- Award-winning novelist William Gass has died at the age of 93. | US News & World Report
- How Heart of Darkness revealed the horror of Congo’s rubber trade, and led to the investigation of human rights abuses. | Literary Hub
- Announcing the nominees for the 2018 Albertine Prize, a reader’s choice award for the best contemporary French fiction in English translation. | Book Marks
- “I am really good at missing deadlines. My secret to this is overcommitting to projects because of a profound inability to say no.” Roxane Gay on how she works. | Lifehacker
- “It was the first voice of the Asian American movement.” Remembering Gidra, a radical newspaper that ran from 1969-1974 (and incubated many Asian American activists.) | Splinter
- So it goes: Slaughterhouse-Five is being adapted for television. | Variety
- “The machines sat empty in the dark.” Read a science fiction story co-written by an algorithm. | Wired
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