TODAY: In 1887, American modernist poet Marianne Moore is born.
- Before the winners are announced at the National Book Awards tonight, take a look back at what critics wrote about each of the fiction and nonfiction finalists. | Book Marks
- I wish I were John McPhee: How do you profile a master of narrative nonfiction? | Literary Hub
- National Book Award finalist Min Jin Lee finds love in the new world (but it comes with a cost). | Literary Hub
- Susan Sontag has opinions on how to be a writer. | Literary Hub
- When Amazon came to Barcelona: a manifesto in defense of bookstores. | Literary Hub
- Dan Rather, in search of what unites us, tries to see America as a whole. | Literary Hub
- Counting feet: on the twin pleasures of running and poetic meter. | Literary Hub
- “Some writers are prolific; some are shape-shifters. It’s rare and intimidating to encounter one who is both.” Rumaan Alam profiles Great American Novelist Louise Erdrich. | BuzzFeed Reader
- For the New York Times “My Thanksgiving” feature, nine writers share their holiday traditions, including Masha Gessen, Viet Thanh Nguyen, and Emma Cline. | The New York Times
- “A lot of my fiction comes out of an inability to marry two halves of my understanding.” An interview with Lauren Groff (and preview of the cover of her new short story collection, Florida). | EW
- “America at present is not a democracy.” Marilynne Robinson on the political and educational crises of the past year. | The New York Review of Books
- Not every novel finds its audience right away: 10 overlooked novels finding life in new editions. | Signature Reads
- “I learned a lot by sitting in my own sadness and choosing not to move.” An interview with Hanif Abdurraqib. | Fanzine
- Single and writing sad poems on the Internet: the story of Collin Andrew Yost, the most hated poet in Portland. | The Outline
