Lit Hub Daily: July 18, 2024
THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET
TODAY: In 1817, Jane Austen dies.
- In the undertaking of a lifetime, James Folta ranks 100 iconic ALA posters of celebrities urging you to read. | Lit Hub
- Maris Kreizman on being one of 500 literary voices who contributed to that New York Times best books of the century list: “If you’re a real book lover you know that 10 slots to cover 24.5 years of books isn’t nearly enough to convey everything that’s wonderful.” | Lit Hub Criticism
- “Many of the most popular books and television shows of the 20th century fixated on the idea of individualist prosperity.” Alissa Quart on JD Vance and America’s toxic obsession with pulling yourself up by your bootstraps. | Lit Hub Politics
- “What had once been a haven for outcasts, a space free from rules and regulations, had turned into an upside-down version of conformity.” Deborah Stoll on how women and queer skateboarders fought for visibility and recognition. | Lit Hub Sports
- “Is the sad millennial girl going to make it after all? No, of course not.” 5 book reviews you need to read this week. | Book Marks
- Want a behind the scenes look at the publishing world? The Open Book Podcast is live now, featuring interviews with former Pantheon Publisher Lisa Lucas and Grove Atlantic Publisher (and Lit Hub co-founder) Morgan Entrekin. | Open Book Podcast
- Michael Castleman on the life of Jason Epstein, cofounder of The New York Review of Books, and how the trade paperback came to be. | Lit Hub History
- “To this day, aquariums use Genie’s theories around target training, where sharks learn to come and eat at a specific target.” How Japanese-American scientist Eugenie Clark revolutionized the study of sharks. | Lit Hub Biography
- “My mother gave birth to me in Keren, but I rebirthed myself in London that spring night as I topped Bina-Balozi on a bench in Fitzroy Square.” Read from Sulaiman Addonia’s novel, The Seers. | Lit Hub Fiction
- “As much as they tell us about writing, doodles tell us about reading.” Polly Dickson on the art of distracted drawing. | The Paris Review
- Kara Rota considers Miranda July and the “one-kind-of-person industry.” | Dirt
- “People don’t change, so as long as you can zero in and get the emotion right, then you can throw in all the other stuff.” Edward P. Jones (reluctantly) revisits The Known World. | The New York Times
- How much time do Americans spend reading each day? The answer may (not) surprise you. | Book Riot
- Elisa Gabbert considers fear as a game, horror, and why we like to scare ourselves. | The Believer
- Katya Apekina interviews Priyanka Mattoo: “I’ve spent 20 years not really talking much about my background because I didn’t want to. It was nice to hide in the smooth-brain Hollywood life. Then that stuff catches up.” | Los Angeles Review of Books
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