Lit Hub Daily: June 1, 2022

• “In themselves they are disproportional, flat, fragile, caricatured, grotesque, carnivalesque.” On Franz Kafka’s nearly lost drawings. | Lit Hub Art

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• Bill McKibben reckons with the myths (and ugly truths) of the American Revolution. | Lit Hub History

• 11 novels that create their own shape. | Lit Hub Reading Lists

• “Dr. Lee! Would you like to monetize your OB-GYN practice?” Marie Myung-Ok Lee on the challenge of writing satire in present-day America. | Lit Hub

• Where did the rags-to-riches myth of rapid immigrant mobility come from? | Lit Hub

• Why Lily Chu makes a to-do list for every day—with “write” at the top. | Lit Hub

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• Sam Knight talks to Sarah Krasnostein about researching unreal phenomena and surrendering to the lure of the archive. | Lit Hub In Conversation

• These nine upcoming sci-fi and fantasy releases are guaranteed to jazz up your June. | Book Marks

• “How did the work of one of the most prominent leftist writers of the 20th century come to be so misunderstood?” Charlie Lee reads the work of Halldór Laxness. | The Baffler

• Ada Calhoun explores the tension between domesticity and creativity. | Vogue

• “A man with a dozen houses confronts death, the coronavirus pandemic, Black Lives Matter, and broad cultural changes that he cannot fully understand. ‘Ha ha!’ he says.” Dan Brooks on David Sedaris’ latest collection. | Gawker

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• Ross Gay on defenestration and playing basketball. | Bookforum

• Laura Spinney discusses the undiscovered literature of the past. | The Guardian

• “I hope this text can serve as a model for how we can investigate, call in instead of call out, and write with a sense of curiosity and compassion.” Steven Reigns talks about writing about HIV, homophobia, and history. | LARB

Also on Lit Hub: Why Sofia Coppolla made The Bling Ring • Women writing worlds in crisis • Read from Maria Adelmann’s latest novel, How to Be Eaten