TODAY: In 1995, British novelist, critic, and campaigner for social reforms, Brigid Brophy, dies.
- From William Gibson to Margaret Atwood, Benjamin Percy on the books that sparked his techno-paranoia. | Literary Hub
- Lan Samantha Chang on the importance for writers of maintaining an inner life, separate from a career. | Literary Hub
- Not working is a radical act: on the big-wave philosophy of the surfing set. | Literary Hub
- Kamila Shamsie on bringing the history of Pakistan to a global audience. | Literary Hub
- “In death, he passes beyond the reach of mortal comprehension.” Read a 1996 review of Jon Krakauer’s Into the Wild. | Book Marks
- “Taste isn’t a huge concern to me if I’m drinking in the service of a higher goal.” A week in food with Made for Love author Alissa Nutting. | Grub Street
- The other side of terror is beauty: Ishion Hutchinson remembers Derek Walcott. | The New York Times
- “These were nations born as a result of a heroic opposition to imperial rule, but their birth was also marked by hatred and bloodshed.” Kamila Shamsie, Mohsin Hamid, Salman Rushdie and others reflect on the 70th anniversary of partition. | The Guardian
- On The Underground Railroad, Sharp Objects, and a slew of other page-to-screen TV adaptations in the works. | NPR
- “Is her poetic engagement with trauma valid as a defense against any critique of her style?” On the problematic popularity of Rupi Kaur. | BuzzFeed News
- 14 books to look forward to this Fall, as selected by Alexandra Kleeman, Chelsea Hodson, Paul LaFarge, and others. | BOMB
- “One has to hand it to a rock veteran who still wants to get on stage and make music even when his youthful beauty and once-tender, husky baritone have dimmed.” Lorrie Moore’s ode to Stephen Stills. | The New York Review of Books
Also on Lit Hub: Sarah Faber on writing mental illness and inhabiting her mother · On England’s 17th-century punk poetess, playwright and spy, Aphra Behn · Read from The Misfortune of Marion Palm, Emily Culliton’s new novel.
