Lit Hub Daily: April 2, 2024
THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET
TODAY: In 1805, Hans Christian Andersen is born.
- “Good writing advice is like a single gallon of gas. It will get you going, just not terribly far.” Ryan Chapman has some tips to start your engine. | Lit Hub Craft
- Lily Meyer reads Genesis: Book One and considers Delmore Schwartz’s literature of American Jewish identity. | Lit Hub Criticism
- David Woo recommends new poetry arriving in April, including Victoria Chang, Daniel Khalastchi, and Joyelle McSweeney. | Lit Hub Reading Lists
- “As a part of the diaspora, I want to carefully think about how I’m engaging with subject matter, especially when it comes to real-life atrocities.” Jimin Han interviews Crystal Hana Kim. | Lit Hub In Conversation
- “Before going into the supermarket to make the necessary purchases, María said goodbye as if she were never coming back; then she kissed his forehead and got out of the car.” Read from Clyo Mendoza’s new novel Fury, translated by Christina Macsweeney. | Lit Hub Fiction
- Eisner-nominated cartoonist Leela Corman talks gender, wrestling, and putting the present in context with the past. | The Comics Journal
- “But for Carroll, waking and dreaming were not quite the opposites they seem to be.” On trying Lewis Carroll’s cures for insomnia. | Slate
- What’s going on with PEN America? The organization has “failed the moment.” | The Intercept
- Considering the life and legacy of legendary composer Igor Stravinsky. | Arrowsmith
- “There are always things to talk about, though these conversations are by no means always pleasant.” Activist and sociologist Boris Kagarlitsky writes from prison in Zelenograd. | Jacobin
- Stephanie LaCava talks to Fernanda Eberstadt about Warhol, ballet, and the New York art scene of the 70s. | Interview
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