TODAY: In 1905, Baroness Emma Orczy‘s play The Scarlet Pimpernel makes its London debut at the New Theatre, eventually playing more than 2000 performances.
- 15 books you should read in January. | Literary Hub
- They tried to ban Fahrenheit 451 and replace it with… my book. David Williams on receiving the worst kind of endorsement from a Florida woman. | Literary Hub
- The effect is like a long Sunday dinner with the entire family: On Julia Alvarez’s beloved debut novel, How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents. | Book Marks
- In response to a cease and desist letter from Donald Trump’s lawyer, Henry Holt and Co. has moved the release date of Michael Wolff’s White House tell-all from next week to today. | Washington Post, Deadline
- What you need to know about Zora Neale Hurston—and why you should be reading her in 2018. | Shondaland
- “For young people who are very stressed about the future. . . my big quest is for them to remain hopeful.” Jacqueline Woodson has been named the new National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. | The New York Times
- Emojis, too, must have multiple layers of meaning: Morgan Parker and Adam Valen Levinson Skype about modern communication, its (lack of) nuance, and the internet. | The Paris Review
- “I don’t want to become a person who just provokes for the sake of it.” An interview with Eli Valley, “less Garry Trudeau than Dank Meme Stash shitposter.” | Guernica
- “I find myself wondering, fleetingly, if I should present the short film I am working on for the museum under a pseudonym myself.” Lily Cole responds to author Nick Holland’s decision to quit the Brontë Society following her appointment. | The Guardian
- J.K. Rowling now has her own Scottish pub, to the chagrin of (some) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle fans. | Food & Wine
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