TODAY: In 1892, Edna St. Vincent Millay is born.
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- From James Salter to Sharon Olds, Jamie Quatro’s ten favorite books about infidelity. | The Guardian
- “I think it’s useless to feel intimidated by certain subjects, because the books are there. The literature is there. You can learn.” An interview with New Yorker critic Doreen St. Félix. | The Creative Independent
- “Will the magic apparate across the ocean?” On the challenges facing Harry Potter and the Cursed Child as it migrates from the West End to Broadway. | The New York Times Magazine
- “That was what got you into the woods, holding a dead dog.” Read a new short story by Michael Faber. | Hazlitt
- “When I read it, I thought it was an engaging fantasy. Now, over 30 years later, the prescience of Gibson’s novel is unquestionable.” How Neuromancer predicted increasing privatization in America. | NPR
- “The general tone and tenor of the contemporary book review is an advertisement-style frippery.” Rafia Zakaria makes the case for negative book reviews. | The Baffler
- “Someone was telling me that there is a stereotype that poets can’t drive. And I thought that’s just not true but I asked all my poet friends and none of them can drive.” Eley Williams and Rowan Hisayo Buchanan in conversation. | The White Review
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