TODAY: In 1923, American poet and novelist James Dickey, the eighteenth United States Poet Laureate is born. He was also known for his novel Deliverance which was adapted into a eponymous film (above, he’s pictured with Burt Reynolds during the filming).
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- On the anniversary of Ulysses, 21 famous writers weigh in, for and against; more crucially, here are the 50 best Amazon one-star reviews of Ulysses. | Literary Hub
- When hipsters get old: on the end of Portlandia. | Literary Hub
- Off the clock: what Lit Hub staffers are reading, watching, and eating this weekend.
- To celebrate the National Book Foundation’s new award for translated work, 10 of last year’s best-reviewed books in translation. | Book Marks
- “I wonder whether without that isolation I would have discovered I wanted to be a writer.” An interview with Jennifer Egan. | Rain Taxi
- “This thing that had tortured me for years had disappeared, in a snap. It took me six months to fully recover, but then, that was it: I hadn’t understood I could just feel better.” Jami Attenberg on how a hysterectomy changed her life. | New York Times Magazine
- “At some point, they caught me looking and I turned away, embarrassed to have glimpsed something so painful and intimate.” Tayari Jones on the overheard conversation that inspired her new novel. | Sydney Morning Herald
- “Many times, I’ve found that a book I once held in my hands becomes another when assigned its position in my library. This is anarchy under the appearance of order.” On the art of unpacking a library. | The Paris Review
- Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi on what currently fascinates her: Yo-Yo Ma, Herzog, and literary lists (do we have a website for you. . .). | Granta
- Reading as a base state, a way of being: Jaime Green on spending 24 out of 48 hours reading books. | Electric Literature
- In which a professional psychic reveals the future of books (and that the angels, apparently, are laughing at Fire and Fury). | Los Angeles Times
