TODAY: In 1934, Mary Hunter Austin, one of the early nature writers of the American Southwest and author of The Land of Little Rain dies.
- In the aftermath of hate and heroism: survivors of the Portland train knife attack tell their story. | Lit Hub
- Nigel Poor, host of Ear Hustle, tells Will Schwalbe what it’s like to record a podcast from San Quentin prison. | Lit Hub
- Compare the book and film reviews of 17 novels adapted for the screen in 2018. | Book Marks
- A profile of two probation officers who also happen to be true crime addicts and best friends. | CrimeReads
- “He had determination and a sense of destiny.” Dwight Garner on the complexities of V.S. Naipaul, who died on Saturday at 85. | The New York Times
- “I was a woman crying in the offices of Playboy magazine. If this were someone else’s story, I’d think, That’s a bit on the nose.” Ling Ma on managing selfhood in the workplace. | Reader
- In response to the “sexual imbalance” of the Wodehouse, comedian Helen Lederer has launched a new prize for funny female writers in the UK. | The Guardian
- “The face of poetry in the United States looks very different today than it did even a decade ago, and far more like the demographics of Millennial America.” On a poetry renaissance driven primarily by young poets of color. | The Atlantic
- From Julio Cortázar’s Hopscotch to the poetry of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, a Latinx reading list to update and amend the literary canon. | Remezcla
- “I cannot imagine any American writer creating anything right now where you don’t have violence, where you don’t have misogyny, where you don’t have racism . . .” An interview with David Joy. | NPR
- “That’s not a gradual awakening, it’s a glacial, self-interested one.” Jelani Cobb on Omarosa’s forthcoming Trump book and the unlikelihood that it will make any difference. | The New Yorker
Also on Lit Hub: Janice Galloway on a brilliant story collection • One wedding and a funeral: and just like that, your whole life changes • From Pretty Things, as translated by Emma Ramadan
