Lit Hub Daily: June 29, 2023

• On looking at the whole Earth and finding peace: Marjolijn Van Heemstra explores the intersections of astronomy and psychology. | Lit Hub

• “Outrageous, turbulent and as raw as a wound, but good…” From this week’s 5 Books Reviews You Need to Read. | Lit Hub

• “I discovered a whole world of automatons I hadn’t read about.” Tania James on the strong human desire to create something that lasts. | Lit Hub Radio

• “She makes momentous political decisions based on passing whims, lusts, jealousy, love…” Deconstructing the myth of Rome’s scandalous empress, Messalina. | Lit Hub History

• Murder and memory: Madison Davis on the narrative reconstruction of a heinous crime. | Lit Hub

• Big songs, big emotions: on Glee, Santana’s coming out scene, and Naya Rivera. | Lit Hub Music

• Not only is ChatGPT taking all your jobs, it’s drinking all your water. (Seriously, what is wrong with us?) | Forbes

• “I remember my father would tell us, “Get an education so you don’t have to work like a mule.” On the 100th anniversary of Canada’s Chinese Exclusion Act, The Walrus is publishing a community storytelling project. | The Walrus

• Daniel Hahn explores the complexity of translating picture books. | The New York Times

• Another day, another repulsive anecdote from a new Donald Trump tell-all. | The New Republic

• Better living through primal screaming: Tom Taylor revisits the self-help book that changed John Lennon’s life. | Far Out

• Are these the best nonfiction tech books of all time? | The Verge

Also on Lit Hub: Natalie Beach on finding herself in South Brooklyn’s gardens • What Emerson Whitney is reading now and next • Read a story from Agustina Badterrica, “Unamuno’s Boxes” (tr. Sarah Moses)