TODAY: In 1928, Norman Bridwell, author and cartoonist best known for the Clifford the Big Red Dog series of children’s books, is born.
- Introvert vs. extrovert: Dani Shapiro on the hard art of balancing a writing life with social media. | Literary Hub
- The true beauty of the brick, one of humanity’s great inventions. | Literary Hub
- On the extremist’s radical fear of the written word: from Jaipur to Iceland Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir considers the courage of the writer. | Literary Hub
- Cat Marnell on Erica Garza’s chronicle of sex-addiction, Parul Sehgal on Terese Marie Mailhot’s “sledgehammer” memoir, and more: Recommended critical writing from the past week. | Book Marks
- “For years, I have wanted to see Russia with my own eyes, to meet some of the people who live inside of that entity, to find out what they think it means to be Russian.” Karl Ove Knausgaard’s road trip through Russia, from Turgenev’s estate to Lenin’s law school. | The New York Times Magazine
- Maybe we could find a new couple to play games with: Short fiction by Jac Jemc. | Guernica
- “It’s the easiest thing in the world to write that exchange of dialog in. Do you want this? How does this feel? I want you, I want this.” Six romance novelists on how to write (hot) consent. | Jezebel
- Jennifer Baker on the burgeoning literary scene in the Bronx and the people who are helping build it. | Electric Literature
- “I want to address danger and how we see danger. Sometimes we walk right into things we don’t see as dangerous, but they are.” Nomi Stone interviews Vievee Francis. | LARB
- Lauren Cerand, Kima Jones, and Michael Taeckens on the art of indie book publicity. | Poets&Writers
Also on Lit Hub: Signed Arthur Miller, A rare look at the correspondence of literary icon • Jenny Erpenbeck on Walter Kempowski • From Lisa Halliday’s new novel: read from Asymmetry.
