TODAY: In 1945, the novella Animal Farm by George Orwell is published.
- Your summer Friday feature: From Orwell to Tawada, 11 books (for adults) that feature talking animals. | Lit Hub
- Anne Boyd Rioux wonders: Why don’t more boys read Little Women? | Lit Hub
- “Growing up with an alcoholic mother, my most common mode of escape as a child was fiction.” Laura June recommends seven novels that capture the pain and chaos of addiction. | Lit Hub
- A look at the life and legacy of one of Golden Age mystery’s most influential and elusive figures. | CrimeReads
- From Olga Tokarczuk’s Flights to a fresh look at Al Capone, the 10 best reviewed books of the week. | Book Marks
- “Aretha sits down at the piano. She adjusts the mike. Then she proceeds to punch out a series of gospel chords in 12/8 time, and, if you have an ounce of sap left in you, you are overcome.” Read David Remnick’s 2016 profile of Aretha Franklin, who died yesterday at the age of 76. | The New Yorker
- Chills, thrills, blood, and boogeymen: the 100 best horror stories ever written, as nominated by fans and chosen by an expert panel of judges. | NPR
- “There are yet more Deep State books to come, a continued low, rageful howl of victimhood that should carry right through the midterms and deep into 2020.” Anna Merlan reads her way through three books of Trumpist conspiracy theories. | Rolling Stone
- The essential writing on Madonna, to read in honor of her 60th birthday. | Pitchfork
- “There was a time when I could memorize whatever I wanted to memorize, provided that I liked it. Poetry and prose.” Joshua Cohen interviews Harold Bloom. | Los Angeles Review of Books
- Mark Engler on Eduardo Galeano, a prominent literary figure of the Latin American left.whose “wide-ranging explorations and fragmentary style opened the door to multitudes.” | The Nation
- “I am building / for the man who worked / shining shoes / for forty years / kneeling for people / who tossed him coins / without speaking.” New poetry by Hanif Abdurraqib. | The Collagist
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