Lit Hub Daily: August 5, 2024
THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET
TODAY: In 1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Herman Melville meet for the first time, and alongside Oliver Wendell Holmes and publisher James Thomas Fields, on a picnic expedition to Monument Mountain in Massachusetts.
- Rob Jackson makes the case for why removing methane from the atmosphere might be our best chance at fighting climate change. | Lit Hub Science
- Jessica Powers and Kenechi Uzor on how Catalyst and Iskanchi Press are bringing African writers to wider audiences. | Lit Hub In Conversation
- “Eels have an uncanny knack for grabbing our attention and sticking in our minds.” On our fascination with the slipperiest and slimiest of sea creatures. | Lit Hub Nature
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What The Decameron reveals about contemporary anxiety and storytelling as a means of preserving our humanity. | Lit Hub TV
Article continues after advertisement - Do humans deserve extinction? Todd May contemplates. | Lit Hub Climate
- “There are Hansel and Gretel breadcrumbs that tell the tale of relationships Theo lost on the road.” Read from Regina Porter’s novel, The Rich People Have Gone Away. | Lit Hub Fiction
- Joshua Rothman explores the benefits of studying our ignorance. | The New Yorker
- “Where conservatives have been the traditional foe of academic freedom, in the wake of October 7, lines of red and blue are increasingly blurred.” The independence of public universities is under attack, writes Shilpa Jindia. | The Baffler
- Angela Watercutter focuses in on the word of the hour: weird. | Wired
- Joe Field, owner of longstanding shop Flying Colors Comics and founder of Free Comic Book Day, discusses the state of comics publishing and sales. | The Comics Journal
- Swifties on Twitter are (maybe?) feuding with none other than fictional vampire Lestat de Lioncourt. | Polygon
- Sarah Jessica Parker talks about her work in publishing. | New York Times
