LitHub Daily: April 21, 2015

TODAY: In 1816, Charlotte Brontë, sister of Emily and the other one, was born.

• Angela Flournoy writes about writing about gentrification and the disappearance of black neighborhoods. | Literary Hub
• The Pulitzer Prizes were announced; winners include Anthony Doerr, Gregory Pardlo, and Elizabeth Kolbert | The Pulitzer Prizes
• “The writing is—I’m free from pain. It’s the place where I live; it’s where I have control; it’s where nobody tells me what to do; it’s where my imagination is fecund and I am really at my best.” An interview with Toni Morrison. | NPR
• Charles Dickens was an “authorpreneur” who both understood and pandered to his audience. | The Paris Review
• “Don’t write like a writer; write like a talker.” An interview with Atticus Lish. | The Quietus
• Before he became a literary superstar, Haruki Murakami wrote short stories for men’s clothing advertisements. | Open Culture
• The Library of Congress has uploaded newly digitized recordings of readings and interviews with acclaimed literary figures. | Library of Congress
• Sheila Heti’s “unproduceable” play has been produced. | Electric Literature
• “I guess that’s the difference between me and you. I don’t respect the brother at all.” Michael Eric Dyson on the rise and fall of Cornel West. | The New Republic
• “When I’m in the mood for poetry, it’s not a seduction on my part; it’s more like the poem and I have chemistry. ” On having a mind of poetry and the difference between poetry and prose. | The Smart Set
• Scientists have finally given us permission to fully disregard grammar fanatics. | The Washington Post
• The American dream (or nightmare) as the subject of every American novel. | The Guardian
• Will Self on his “Woodhenge” of pipes. | Granta

 

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