Lit Hub Daily: August 16, 2022

“I wasn’t born here, but this is where I have made my home, and this is where I make my living.” Vishwesh Bhatt on what it means to be a Southern chef as an Indian immigrant. | Lit Hub Food

Behold: 15 new books to look forward to this week. | The Hub

Olaf Olafsson knows when to stop writing—and other revelations from the Lit Hub Questionnaire. | Lit Hub

Jane Campbell recommends literature that relishes in “wonderfully varying depictions of old women.” | Lit Hub Reading Lists

“A good death requires a little bit of time—to rest, to reflect, to say the four things they say it helps to say: I am sorry, I forgive you, and the other two I forget.” Anna DeForest on the work of death and dying. | Lit Hub Memoir

Michael J. Seidlinger considers the responsibility of the author (and the audience) in creating and consuming horror. | CrimeReads

Jeet Heer on the long shadow of the fatwa against Salman Rushdie. | The Nation

“She showed how we can fall in and out of love with people based solely on the words that they speak and write.” Rachel Syme on the importance of Nora Ephron’s verbal precision. | The New Yorker

Leanne Ogasawara on re-envisioning the MFA workshop: “It is not that I think we should scrap existing syllabi, but rather that we must make room for other storytelling traditions in these programs.” | The Millions

“All illness, including mental illness, is exacerbated by a lack of community, by feeling alone.” Alejandro Varela talks to Nicole Chung about being a writer with anxiety. | The Atlantic

Nadia Owusu contemplates abortion and the idea of personhood. | Guernica

Sarah Shaffi talks about the BookTok ecosystem: partnerships, book clubs, events, and more. | The Guardian

Sebastian Modak considers the sometimes-thin line between audiobooks and podcasts. | The New York Times