Lit Hub Daily: April 20, 2020

• How did writers survive the first Great Depression? Jason Boog looks back to find a way forward. | Lit Hub History
• “William Styron had no real desire to understand Turner on any terms but his own.” Christopher Tomlin asks: Who can claim the history of Nat Turner? | Lit Hub
• Ian Zack on the life of  Odetta, the shy folk singer who defied the fear tactics of the McCarthyites. | Lit Hub Music
• What lies ahead for the Marshall Islands, “where the atomic age meets the climate change era”? | Lit Hub Politics
• Sopan Deb talks to Megha Majumdar about standup, family history, and approaching his own memoir as a journalist. | Lit Hub
• “When it comes to the body, balance is key for Hippocrates.” Why did a misquoted ancient became the voice of weight loss campaign? | Lit Hub Health
• Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls author T Kira Madden on Hawaiian mythology, Annie Proulx, and finding Sally Rooney hilarious. | Book Marks
• A recent survey by the Society of Authors reveals a clearer picture of how hard the Covid-19 crisis is hitting writers. | The Bookseller
• “I have always prepared myself for the day I am called by Ian Fleming’s estate”: Thriller writer Tony Parsons knows exactly what kind of James Bond novel he’d like to write. | British GQ
• Bob Dylan’s recent release of another previously unheard song has nods to Walt Whitman, Edgar Allan Poe, and William Blake. | The Hub
• A new study shows that kids prefer books that teach them how and why the world works. | CNN
• Geoff Dyer recommends some under-the-radar books that will make you laugh. | The Guardian
• “These endless days, when my friends and I can’t be together to talk shit or support each other, it’s an even more important way of feeling close.” Emily Gould on pettiness amid the pandemic. | The Cut
• Kelly Brenner takes a walk with Sarah Neilson in the landscape of urban Seattle. | Seattle Times
• These culinary books will help you take a gastronomical adventure while staying at home. | National Geographic

Also on Lit Hub: Lauren Elkin on what we remember when we walk in the city • A poem by Justin Phillip Reed from the collection The Malevolent Volume • Read a story by Caoilinn Hughes from Galway Stories: 2020.