Lit Hub Daily: June 22, 2018
THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET
TODAY: In 1937, Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo, Malagasy poet, dies.
- Caoilinn Hughes kindly asks that you take your loud chewing elsewhere: on beinga writer highly sensitive to sound. | Lit Hub
- “I had to live in the shadows while contributing to the welfare of this nation.” José Angel Maldonado on living the undocumented life, and the need for action. | Lit Hub
- “No one understood these times, the emptiness of Tinder and capitalism, like my grandmother and me.” Massoud Hayoun considers death, fear, and the End of Days. | Lit Hub
- From Maggie Nelson to David Rattray, five writers who walk the lovely, wobbly line between poem and essay. | Lit Hub
- It’s been a tough week. Here are 12 writers for whom every days is “take your dog to work day.” | Lit Hub
- From a new collection by the “exceptional” Lydia Millet to Alex Perry’s “thorough and wrenching” study of mafia mothers, the best reviewed books of the week. | Book Marks
- Crime novels make the best travel guides: Jordan Foster recommends 5 international crime novels for the armchair traveler to read this month. | CrimeReads
- “For the most part, these books participate in a myth of history, especially children’s history, as apolitical.” History books about “rebellious women” are commendable—but who, and what, do they leave out? | Slate
- Roxane Gay, Janet Mock, Alexander Chee and other LGBTQ authors recommend some great books to read during pride month. | BuzzFeed
- “I don’t know how much mind I pay to canon-formation. All our canons are personal.” An interview with Danez Smith | The White Review
- Rachel Kushner’s desert island book picks: Marguerite Duras, Carson McCullers, Ariana Reines, and more. | Vulture
- “They move like rabbits, then. They look / for a lash that isn’t there, even them that never felt it.” Three new poems by Eve Ewing. | The Rumpus
- “She’s on the page just enough to keep you wanting more—not just of the writing, but of the writer as well.” On the allure of Joan Didion. | Bustle
- From Housing Works to Books Through Bars, nine organizations using books to make a difference. | Electric Literature
Also on Literary Hub: Women’s pain and the patriarchy: Danielle Lazarin in conversation with Jessie Chaffee · What we loved this week, from Valeria Luiselli to the distractions of the World Cup · Read an excerpt from Jordy Rosenberg’s new novel, Confessions of the Fox
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