Lit Hub Daily: March 29, 2024
THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET
TODAY: In 1920, three days after publication, the first run of Fitzgerald’s This Side of Paradise sells out.
- If you’re going to eat the rich, you should probably read about them. Glenn R. Miller recommends books about generational wealth and inheritance by Jenny Jackson, Thomas Mann, Kevin Kwan, and more. | Lit Hub Reading Lists
- Sometimes, the most flawed and human things are also the most divine. Ed Simon discusses The Last Temptation of Christ. | Lit Hub Film
- “I wanted Headshot to be a book about what it felt like to play a sport that very few people were watching.” Rita Bullwinkel on writing sports narratives. | Lit Hub Craft
- From Kristin Hannah to Philippa Gregory, these are the best audiobooks of March. | Lit Hub Audiobooks
- If you can’t pick what to watch, don’t panic. Let this list of literary film and TV you need to stream in April cure your decision paralysis. | Lit Hub TV
- Percival Everett’s James, Marilynne Robinson’s Reading Genesis, Ferdia Lennon’s Glorious Exploits, and Rita Bullwinkel’s Headshot, all feature among March’s best reviewed books. | Book Marks
- Small publishers, big impacts. Kristen McGuiness considers the essential role independent publishing houses play in the literary landscape. | Lit Hub
- “My sister Poppy arrives on a wet Thursday, dressed ugly and covered in hives.” Read from Alexandra Tanner’s new novel, Worry. | Lit Hub Fiction
- Anna Kornbluh talks to Jacobin about the literary and economic ramifications of our obsession with the individual experience. | Jacobin
- “What happens to us when we slang-ify mass misfortune?” Amanda Montell considers the consequences of “doomslang.” | Esquire
- Tobias Carroll recommends six new books in translation, from Bengali sci-fi to Polish Gothic. | Words Without Borders
- Will Glovinsky asks, “Is our relation to the earth mainly a story of scarcity, of insatiable wants curbed by a finite planet? Or is it about humanity’s marvelous aptitude for discovering new ways to extract fresh abundance from finite resources?” | Public Books
- On Andrew Lang, Victorian asylums, and leaning into the weird. | London Review of Books
- “When I’ve traveled to the US or Europe and talked to people about science fiction, I’ve often encountered the question, ‘There’s science fiction in China?” An interview with Liu Cixin. | The Guardian
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