TODAY: In 2014, Maya Angelou died.
- Sara Nović’s memories of pan-Yugo angst and reading Dubravka Ugrešić far from home. | Literary Hub
- “New details have recently come to light” about the newly discovered Philip Larkin poem published by the Times Literary Supplement; namely, that it is not by Philip Larkin. | BuzzFeed
- “Like a child who sweetly denies any wrongdoing when caught tormenting an animal, Zink loves to play innocent while carrying out her nuttiest conceits.” Nell Zink’s Mislaid as a lunatic Shakespearean pastoral. | Bookforum
- A history Patrick Melrose’s attentions: on Edward St. Aubyn’s autobiographical fiction project. | Flavorwire
- The trailer for the David Foster Wallace biopic starring Jason Segel in a bandana has arrived. | YouTube
- We worry that The Odyssey doesn’t have enough angsty teens for multi-film Hollywood success. | GalleyCat
- Virginia Woolf richly deserves our continued fascination, but because of her body of work, not her tragic death. | The Guardian
- Dating Dante based on his astrological sign (visiting the underworld is such a Gemini thing to do). | The Paris Review
- The community of independent booksellers is thriving :’) | ABC News
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