Lit Hub Daily: March 30, 2023

TODAY: In 1986, poet and translator John Ciardi dies at 69.    

• “Like so much great art, Autobiography of Red gives us what we want and also makes fun of us for wanting it.” Emily Temple revisits Anne Carson’s (surprisingly funny) masterpiece, 25 years later. | Lit Hub Criticism

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• “Conscience does not collaborate with society.” Read Ayad Akhtar’s keynote speech from last night’s Whiting Awards (and here are the winners). | Lit Hub

• What Clint Smith is reading now and next, from The Wounded World to Solitary. | Lit Hub Annotated Nightstand

• Alexis Gunderson raves over The Big Door Prize, the expansive new series adaptation of M.O. Walsh’s 2020 novel. | Lit Hub Film & TV

• “Some people pour themselves a glass of wine; others stare at chickens.” Tove Danovich on feeling Zen with her backyard chickens. | Lit Hub Memoir

• Allegra Hyde considers the “slippery, maddening, even disastrous” task of ending a story. | Lit Hub Craft

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• “A graveside elegy on the edge of the burn pit that used to be—if only aspirationally—a democracy.” 5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week. | Book Marks

• Alexander Herbert with a brief introduction to horror movies in the Soviet Union. | CrimeReads

• “My marriage was never the same after that poem.” Maggie Smith on how career success impacted her home life. | The Cut

• New York State has been ordered to pay $5.5 million to Anthony J. Broadwater, who was wrongfully accused and imprisoned for the 1981 rape of writer Alice Sebold. | AP News

• In a surprise to no one (well, not us, at least) the Booker Prize trophy will now be known as “Iris.” | The Hub

• Reconsidering the wolf: Erica Berry recommends 10 books about wolves, featuring Angela Carter, Barry Lopez, and Karen Russell. | The Guardian

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• “Don’t be greedy, don’t say thank you to fairies, but do listen to birds.” Kelly Link on fairy tales, cats, and her new story collection. | Electric Literature

Also on Lit Hub: The 11 best book covers of March • A South Carolina Lowcountry reading list • Read from Volodymyr Rafeyenko’s newly translated novel, The Length of Days (tr. Sibelan Forrester)

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