TODAY: In 1957, Malcolm Lowry, author of the 1947 novel Under the Volcano, dies.
- On the growth of semi-professional quidditch (just don’t mention Harry Potter to any of the players). | Literary Hub
- Was Jane Eyre actually written as a secret love letter? | Literary Hub
- The rise of women-only literary spaces, UK edition: the first in a series on safe publishing spaces for women around the world. | Literary Hub
- “Rowling leaves the door wide open for a sequel; bedazzled readers will surely clamor for one.” On its 20th anniversary, a look back at the first reviews of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. | Book Marks
- 25 books that have shaped the LGBTQ literary genre over the past 20 years, from The Vagina Monologues to The End of Eddy. | The New York Times
- “I didn’t survive all the stuff you’re gonna read about in this book because of humility. . . I survived because I’ve been pissed off for 50 years.” An interview with Sherman Alexie. | BuzzFeed News
- Something truly disruptive is afoot: On the renaissance of feminist science fiction. | The Guardian
- Flamboyant hellfire never descended: On David Bowie’s dream of adapting 1984 in to a televised musical. | Rolling Stone
- “Why does an austere Swiss-German novelist like Hesse, even given his interest in what would’ve back then been called Oriental thought, have so much to say to Koreans?” On Korea’s love of Demian. | BLARB
- Crafting fictional narratives starring their idols has been a foundational fangirl activity for decades: One Direction fanfiction has made it to mainstream publishing. | Pitchfork
- “I enjoy working within traditional grids but I do feel like there is so much language of comics to explore.” An interview with Jillian Tamaki. | Hyperallergic
Also on Lit Hub: Naomi Klein on the success of Jeremy Corbyn and the failings of the Democratic Party · 5 crime reads for the summer: from new Lee Child to true crime to classic Patricia Highsmith · From Christopher Bollen’s new novel, The Destroyers.
