TODAY: In 1856, Scenes of Clerical Life, the first work of fiction by George Eliot, is submitted for publication. A three- to six-month waiting period is expected.
- Dodie Bellamy on digging through Kathy Acker’s Stuff. | Literary Hub
- It really does look like Pablo Neruda was murdered. | The Guardian
- “The central question was how to trick tourists into coming to Grozny voluntarily.” A short story by Anthony Marra. | Hazlitt
- From ancient Greece to contemporary college courses, reading has a rich (and sexist!) history of trigger warnings. | Aeon Magazine
- Art writers lie: this year’s 10 best books about art. | Flavorwire
- The son of Shirley Jackson discusses his parents’ perfect combination of genius, darkness vs. humor, and the fictionality of his mother’s fiction. | Literary Bennington
- On the non-literary writing of Clarice Lispector and its bewildered reception. | The Nation
- “People of color don’t have the luxury of being able to sugarcoat history to our children. When we do, people die.” A clip from, and Daniel José Older’s reflections on, the “Lens of Diversity” panel. | Storify
- Discuss Don Quixote with one of its leading scholars without the horrible parts of class (moving, human interaction, etc.) today on Facebook. | Restless Books
Also on Literary Hub: Lauren Cerand goes out in Brooklyn: At the Eagles Literary Prize · Bill Roorbach’s tender account of knitting, young love, and a dick cozy · On translating Eugene Vodolazkin’s untranslatable book · Chelsea Hodson and Elissa Washuta talk about writing the pain in order to get past it · Poems from the new issue of Prelude · “Daughters of the Animal Kingdom,” a story from Bonnie Jo Campbell’s new collection
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