Lit Hub Daily: May 2, 2023

• A is for Asian American: Cathy Linh Che and Kyle Lucia Wu reflect on the untold history that lead to their new children’s book. | Lit Hub

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• “We do not just influence each other, we quite literally are each other.” Sarah Rose Cavanagh on the invisible ties that connect us all. | Lit Hub Health

• Sarah diGregorio considers how the mythic origin story of Florence Nightingale perpetuates white supremacy in nursing. | Lit Hub History

• T.C. Boyle talks to Jane Ciabattari about surviving (and satirizing) the climate crisis. | Lit Hub Climate Change

• Edmund White and Damon Galgut discuss surprising readers, writing about gay life, the politics of South Africa, and more. | Lit Hub In Conversation

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• The illustrator of Charlotte’s Web portrayed two bunnies—one black, one white—in a 1958 book and became a flash point in the fight for interracial marriage. | The New York Times

• The Streisand effect, but for banned books. | The Guardian 

• Rafael Frumpkin writes to the author (and the self) he used to be. | Guernica

• Oh good, there’s an AI that can translate brain scans into text. | The Daily Beast

• This year’s honorees of the National Book Foundation’s 5 Under 35 program share how museums fuel their creative work. | Brooklyn Museum

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Also on Lit Hub: 26 new books out today • Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah has respect for a tough edit • Read from John Wray’s latest novel, Gone to the Wolves