TODAY: In 1944, Astrid Lindgren sprains her ankle and, to pass the time, begins writing Pippi Longstocking stories.
- Remembering the great Jim Harrison, who died on Saturday at age 78, through some of his final poems. | Literary Hub
- Once upon a time in Berlin: Rob Spillman and Darryl Pinckney talk ex-pats, fiction, and late-century bohemia. | Literary Hub
- How a non-fiction writer finds his next subject: Erik Larson on escaping the “dark country of no ideas.” | Literary Hub
- Katie Roiphe recounts the last days of Susan Sontag. | Literary Hub
- Combining the demonic and the human: A profile of Edna O’Brien, the “grande dame of Irish literature.” | The New York Times
- Zinzi Clemmons remembers her cousin Malik Taylor, aka Phife Dawg, a rapper who “chose to speak to the entirety of his experience.” | The Paris Review
- Kaitlyn Greenidge on the implications of “objectivity,” the impossible choices of poverty, and her mother’s garden. | The New York Times Sunday Book Review
- Daniel José Older, Ashley Cassandra Ford, and Tanwi Nandini Islam discuss the hollow term “diversity,” the importance of honest books, and the need for revolution. | Elle
- On Britta Böhler’s “biographical connect-the-dots” focusing on Thomas Mann’s political and moral contemplation. | Los Angles Review of Books
- A new documentary will tell the story of Grove Press publisher Barney Rosset through a mural on his wall. | Guernica
- The Asian American Writers’ Workshop has announced its 2016 fellows. | AAWW
- Irregardless, nother, like, and other 21st-century, horrible words. | The Guardian
Also on Literary Hub: Interview with a bookstore: Bank Square Books, founded by the “Three Witches” · How I met the poet of Portsmouth · The 33 ⅓ series: Kembrew McLeod on Blondie’s “Parallel Lines”
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