Lit Hub Daily: July 16, 2021

• Kristen Radtke on the process of translating her new graphic nonfiction book, Seek You, into an audiobook. | Lit Hub

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• “Should you feel triumphant or ashamed? Guilty or full of the canary?” Literary icon William H. Gass on the conditions of adultery. | Lit Hub

• How a small French newspaper, in an effort to boost circulation, began the Tour de France. Now that’s initiative! | Lit Hub History

• Kathryn Kolbert and Julie F. Kay investigate the anti-abortion movement’s long game. | Lit Hub Politics

• #MeuPrimeiroAssedio: On the city council race that kicked off Brazil’s #MeToo movement. | Lit Hub

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• Beth Morgan recommends books about our monstrous fantasies, featuring Patricia Highsmith, Han Kang, and more. | Lit Hub Reading Lists

• Sunjeev Sahota’s China Room, Matt Bell’s Appleseed, Anuk Arudpragasam’s A Passage North, and Kristen Radtke’s Seek You all feature among the Best Reviewed Books of the Week. | Book Marks

• Megan Milks and Marisa Crawford discuss the legacy of The Baby-Sitters Club and their new anthology. | Los Angeles Review of Books Blog

• Beth Morgan unpacks the creative choices behind her debut novel, A Touch of Jen. | The Rumpus

• “The book was good. But who was Stokes Prickett, and how did this person get my parents’ address?” Adam Dalva investigates the identity of a mysterious, pseudonymous author. | The New Yorker

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• Read this oral history of a previously unreleased Prince album. | Rolling Stone

• Gitanjali Patel and Nariman Youssef discuss diversity, literary translation, and the power of stories. | Asymptote

• Will Shortz, the New York Times’s crossword editor of almost three decades, looks back on his career. | The Guardian

• In praise of Laurie Colwin’s sneakily subversive, morally ambiguous, and intensely delightful novels. | New York Times

Also on Lit Hub: Shiori Ito on her widely publicized sexual assault case and ensuing activism • Sylvain Tesson on channeling the serenity of the Tao to endure a Tibetan expedition • Read a new story from Daniel Lavery