TODAY: In 1847, Brazilian poet and abolitionist Castro Alves is born.
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- Introducing the Book Therapist: Rosalie Knecht prescribes the right reading for your literary blues. | Literary Hub
- How many more must die? On this day of student protest, America’s teachers reflect on gun violence and life after Parkland. | Literary Hub
- What good is a scientific pain scale if nobody believes you? Abby Norman on the origins of dolorimetry and struggling with chronic pain. | Literary Hub
- Is it worth 1,000 words? Mark Sarvas on the way we write art into fiction. | Literary Hub
- “A lot of the assignments I’ve taken on reluctantly have ended up illuminating whole new worlds for me.” An interview with Entertainment Weekly critic at large Leah Greenblatt. | Book Marks
- “When I got sober, I wanted to know if stories about getting better could ever be as compelling as stories about falling apart. I needed to believe they could.” Leslie Jamison seeks great writing during (and after) recovery. | New York Times Magazine
- Dear everyone: if you’re a writer in America, you’re not being censored. Or: how do people compare “Twitter feminists” to Maoists without dying of shame? | The Outline
- “What does it mean when you lose a home? How do you respond when someone tells you to go home?” The contributors and editor of Go Home! on creating an anthology of the Asian diaspora. | Shondaland
- “I would infinitely rather live in the liberated present. But . . . I do think that that earlier period is more rewarding and fascinating to write about.” An interview with Alan Hollinghurst. | NPR
- The story of Barbara Newhall Follett: the child genius who published a novel at 12 and disappeared forever at 25. | VICE
- “Their bodies are gone, but somehow they’ve held onto their humanity.” On the history of anatomical illustration and the collision of science and aesthetics. | The Point
- Markus Zusak’s long-awaited next novel, Bridge of Clay, will be published in October 2019, 13 years after The Book Thief. | Publishers Weekly
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