TODAY: In 1870, Charles Dickens dies.
- Jill Eisenstadt on surviving the legendary “Literary Brat Pack” of 1980s New York. | Literary Hub
- Lisa Dillman reveals the tools of the trade she used to translate Yuri Herrera. | Literary Hub
- The literature of Occupy Wall Street: From Barbara Browning to Sarah Gerard and more. | Literary Hub
- How to write young characters, a conversation between novelists. | Literary Hub
- When all your family heirlooms are stories. | Literary Hub
- Catherine Lacey, Weike Wang, and more: The best-reviewed books of this week. | Book Marks
- Revisiting Trinidadian socialist C. L. R. James’ essay on Moby-Dick, a “deft rendering of modern capitalism in living, breathing characters.” | Jacobin
- There is no easy answer for our bodies: An interview with Roxane Gay. | VICE
- On the Chinese author Can Xue, who aims to wake “up people’s souls” with her fiction. | The New Yorker
- There is room for more experiment, and poetry asks experiment: A report (and the poetry) from a 14-person poem that recently took place at the Whitney, featuring Rowan Ricardo Phillips, Tracy K. Smith, and more. | BOMB Magazine
- On the Redwall series, which has “powerful things to say about inclusion and representation.” | Los Angeles Review of Books
- Independent bookstores are having a comeback: A bookstore from each of the 50 states. | Culture Trip
- 50 works that seem destined to become classics, from The Pale King to White Teeth. | Barnes & Noble
Also on Lit Hub: In conversation with J.M. Servín about work, writing, and Mexican immigration · Has Terry Gilliam defeated his windmill? (And other hopeful news in literary film and TV) · Take an early look at Extraordinary Adventures, Daniel Wallace’s new novel.
