Lit Hub Daily: July 24, 2024
THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET
TODAY: In 1900, Zelda Fitzgerald is born.
- Andrea Freeman on the impact of systematic oppression on Indigenous cuisine in the United States: “Frybread arouses passionate feelings in its fans and detractors…but everyone agrees that it is a far cry from the pre-colonial foods.” | Lit Hub Food
- “The human brain would never be the same again—and in large part thanks to this new ability to record and pass on knowledge.” What the Epic of Gilgamesh reveals about economic, intellectual and creative development in ancient Sumer. | Lit Hub History
- Mathangi Subramanian discusses how understanding her own neurodiverse character helped her understand herself. | Lit Hub Craft
- Kate Preziosi recommends books on the literary relationship between travel and madness, featuring Rachel Lyon, Scarlett Thomas, and Kimberly King Parsons. | Lit Hub Reading Lists
- “In the beginning I was only myself. Everything that happened to me, I thought, was mine alone.” Read from Sarah Manguso’s new novel, Liars. | Lit Hub Fiction
- There’s (unsurprisingly?) another Hugo awards controversy. | The Guardian
- Murat Özyaşar on why he doesn’t write in his native language and speaking in a “split tongue.” | Words Without Borders
- Kate Wolf revisits Robert Plunket’s Love Junkie: “Indeed, one point of a character like Mimi is to give voice to the implicit biases underlying societal divisions of sexual orientation, class, and race.” | The Nation
- Sandra Beasley writes about considering family, anxiety, and food allergies while at a writing retreat. | The American Scholar
- “Speculative fiction has historically framed colonization as a contest with winners and losers, but it’s never been that simple.” NK Jemisin on the power of stories to deconstruct colonial power. | Esquire
- A report from the scene of Robert Gottlieb’s book sale. | The New York Times
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