TODAY: In 1908, M.F.K. Fisher, preeminent American food writer and author of 27 books, is born.
- In honor of America’s birthday: Quintessential American fiction, according to the rest of the world · On superheroes and the myths of American power · The American story is an immigrant story: 15 books to read this July 4th. | Literary Hub
- 16 new books you should read this July. | Literary Hub
- Maggie Shipstead on the pleasures (and pitfalls) of solitude in Paris. | Literary Hub
- From Beyoncé to David Lynch to St. Vincent: 10 celebrity book clubs we’d like to see. | Literary Hub
- The ecstasy of women, a reading list. | Literary Hub
- A gripping tale of survival and a poignant account of growing up sane in a disintegrating world: a 1994 review of Octavia butler’s Parable of the Sower. | Book Marks
- “I’m really interested in the ways that people are exploiting others in the service of what might be thought of as love.” An interview with Alissa Nutting. | Playboy
- From I’ll Be Slaying You to Body, Body, Who’s Got the Body?, a look at pulp fiction cover art from the 1920s to the 1950s. | Hyperallergic
- “If there were any justice in the world, this oyster would grab hold of my tongue and choke me dead.” Short fiction by Carmen Maria Machado. | Gulf Coast
- Jeanette Winterson, Colm Tóibín, Garth Greenwell and other writers on the books that helped them come out. | The Guardian
- A survey of the books that American colleges and universities assign incoming freshman to read, which “are almost always tied to current events and often make strong statements on issues like immigration, race and the perils of technology.” | The New York Times
- “‘Make America Great Again’ means ‘Make America White Again.’” An interview with Toni Morrison. | Granta
