TODAY: In 1957, Dorothy L. Sayers, English crime writer and poet, dies.
- “They were a subculture unto themselves.” On college roommates Edward Gorey and Frank O’Hara, princes of Harvard’s gay underground. | Lit Hub
- From gripping new releases to unforgettable classics: the books that Freeman’s contributors loved this year. | Lit Hub
- Please stop trying to make Pride and Prejudice a Christmas story (looking at you, Hallmark Channel). | Lit Hub
- Here are the 21 most compelling literary adaptations to look forward to in 2019. | Lit Hub
- From Andrew Sean Greer’s Less to Anna Burns’ Milkman, we look back at the award-winning novels of 2018. | Book Marks
- This was the year of spy fiction, and we’re counting down the 10 most underhanded, dastardly and subversive espionage novels of 2018. | CrimeReads
- “I’m going to carve this book in stone and bring it to Orwell’s grave.” A profile of exiled Chinese novelist Ma Jian. | The New York Times
- “History changed around James Baldwin.” But not all at once. How a 1957 news report turned the author from literary critic to civil rights icon. | TIME
- The book you never knew you always wanted? Larry David’s daughter has sold an essay collection about her life and family entitled No One Asked for This. | Vulture
- #ReadTheOnePercent, a pop-up bookstore in south London that sells diverse children’s books, is crowdfunding to become permanent. | The Guardian
- In honor of The Haunting of Hill House author Shirley Jackson’s 102nd birthday, read a little about her life’s work. | New York Public Library
- John Casey, whose novel Spartina won the 1989 National Book Award, resigned from the University of Virginia after a review panel found evidence of inappropriate sexual contact with a student. | Daily Progress
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