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EARTH DAY 2022: 19 writers on where they locate hope amid climate change • How to save the planet, one level of change at a time • 365 books to start your climate change library. | Lit Hub Climate Change
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“This was the lasting therapeutic conclusion drawn from my Royal readings: They’re just as fucked up as anybody.” Robert Leleux on surviving a breakdown by reading nothing but royal biographies. | Lit Hub Memoir
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Kristen Green considers the erased lives of enslaved women forced to bear their enslavers’ children. | Lit Hub History
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“There are certain moments that cry out for the handwritten.” Anna Quindlen on the power of the pen. | Lit Hub Craft
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When German business tycoons funded Hitler. | Lit Hub History
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Did Thomas Edison “disappear” his motion-picture rival? | Lit Hub History
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“The mark of motherhood has been well-documented; the mark of stepmotherhood less so.” Chloe Caldwell on invisible parenthood. | Lit Hub
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Tove Ditlevsen’s The Trouble With Happiness, Gary Indiana’s Fire Season, and Sascha Rothchild’s Blood Sugar all feature among the Best Reviewed Books of the Week. | Book Marks
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Jesse Pasternak on the (secret) crime novels of E. L. Doctorow. | CrimeReads
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Forty poets, painters, photographers, filmmakers, actors, musicians, and writers discuss their creative processes. | T Magazine
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“Why not publish reviews that are written for the kind of audience that doesn’t need convincing to read a lengthy essay on a book instead of watching a TV show?” Kyle Paoletta considers the past and future of the New York Times Book Review. | The Nation
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A few tips for decluttering and organizing enormous book collections, from Kristen Arnett, Elissa Altman, and more. | Apartment Therapy
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“For years, Rankine has been pressing on the visible bruise of the white glance.” Rhoda Feng on Claudia Rankine’s Help. | Public Books
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Shannon Keating marks the ten-year anniversary of Fifty Shades of Grey, which “brought to the fore our culture’s darkest fears and desires when it comes to kink, sexuality, and the role of feminism.” | BuzzFeed
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“I think we’re laboring under a moment in which many believe that the sole function of art is to provide moral guidance.” Jen Silverman discusses art and cultural institutions. | MacDowell
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Trevor Quirk on the lessons of new books about conspiracy theories and the damage they do. | Guernica
Also on Lit Hub: Lessons from Tacitus • A poem by Luke Hathaway • Read a story from Don Lee’s latest collection, The Partition
