TODAY: In 1845, symbolist poet Tristan Corbiere is born; Corbière’s only published verse in his lifetime appeared in Les amours jaunes, 1873, a volume that went almost unnoticed until Paul Verlaine included him in his gallery of poètes maudits (accursed poets).
- A report from the slow-motion crisison the Southern Border: When and how will it end? | Lit Hub
- On the frontlines of fake news: how your friendly neighborhood librarian(Kristen Arnett, obviously) survives another day in the trenches. | Lit Hub
- Lessons learned, lessons given: Melissa Febos on teaching in a red county(in a blue state) after the election of Donald Trump. | Lit Hub
- Liz Bowen on the poetry of survival. | Lit Hub
- From outcasts to secret agents, Leila Aboulela recommends 5 Sudanese booksyou should read. | Lit Hub
- Mike Scardino remembers his first day on the job as a paramedic in 1970s New York. | CrimeReads
- “The biggest misconception about critics is that they know how to punctuate . . . I spend a lot of time taking words out of all caps.” An interview with Women’s Review of Books editor-in-chief Jennifer Baumgardner. | Book Marks
- Senator Kamala Harris will publish a memoir and current events primer, titled The Truths We Hold: An American Journey, in January 2019—which strongly suggests a planned run for president. | New York Times
- “What was I telling you about?” Read John Ashbery’s final poem “Climate Correction,” composed just 9 days before his death in 2017. | Harper’s
- “It seemed to reveal something rotten at the heart of the Swedish Academy.” Andrew Brown goes long on the serial sexual abuse scandal that has derailed the Nobel Prize in Literature. | The Guardian
- The trailer for Boy Erased, based on Gerrard Conley’s memoir of surviving conversion therapy and starring Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman, and Russell Crowe, is here. | Vulture
- Homeplace author John Lingan on Patsy Cline, whose songs “were aspirational, sung by a woman who came from nothing and still felt entitled to big feelings.” | Slate
- The Millions’ Great Second Half Book Preview is here, rounding up must-reads from July through December. | The Millions
- In this bleak, hellscape of a week, why not take a moment to read some of the best nature writing of the year so far. (Okay, a lot of it is also bleak). | Chicago Review of Books
