TODAY: In 1946, John Hersey’s “Hiroshima” is published in The New Yorker, taking up every page except the “Goings On” calendar.
- It’s here, our giant Booksellers Fall Preview! (Because when in doubt, ask a bookseller). | Literary Hub
- Becoming a writer means becoming a cliché: Odie Lindsey on quitting a job, moving to Italy, and writing a book. | Literary Hub
- Who decides what counts as “English”? Gabrielle Bellot on decolonizing language. | Literary Hub
- “I’ve never managed to gure out a designation for her that properly and succinctly describes her role in my life, let alone my role in hers.” Jenny Diski on her relationship with Doris Lessing, from her memoir In Gratitude. | Aerodrome
- Langdon Hammer on using an Ouija board in James Merrill’s house and the “confessedly kooky poem” Merrill drew from his séances. | The New York Times
- For my children and theirs: A short story by Amelia Gray. | Granta
- “In this strange and disturbing political season, a reconsideration of the Wilcoxes, the Schlegels, and the Basts—whose stories stir in us thoughts about pragmatism, good intentions, character, industry, poverty, and respect—somehow feels useful.” On Howard’s End and its most recent film adaptation. | The New Yorker
- The best essay collections coming out this fall, including books by Teju Cole, Mark Greif, and ten others. | Signature
- “How beautiful does the world have to be before I don’t want to leave it?” An interview with Gretchen Marquette. | Divedapper
- In which a very confused Legs McNeil attends a Gilmore Girls book club (thanks to the book lending of Jess Mariano). | The Awl
- Chelsea Martin revisits the 2015 theft of her tampons in Miami, which were potentially stolen by Elizabeth Ellen, Chloe Caldwell, or Mira Gonzalez. | Hobart
Also on Literary Hub: Ten plays you can read like a novel: on the pleasures of the script as literature · Mikita Brottman wonders why the Jessup Correctional Institute cancelled her book club · 4 new poems by Kazim Ali · He’s wasted his life: From Nathan Hill’s The Nix
