TODAY: In 1810, journalist, critic, and women’s rights activist Margaret Fuller is born.
- Novelist Philip Roth has died. | The New York Times
- There are a lot of Goodnight Moon parodies out there… And since the rest of the world is now immune to parody, we decided to rank them. | Lit Hub
- Waking up to bullets: on America’s great common denominator, indiscriminate gun violence. | Lit Hub
- Ego and impulse have always been a threat to democracy: Ingrid Rossellini on the utter folly of relying on your “gut” in politics. | Lit Hub
- The final ride of a great American stormchaser, the legendary Tim Samaras. | Lit Hub
- From Deadwood to Veronica Mars, 12 crime shows cancelled far too soon. | CrimeReads
- Cynthia Ozick on William Trevor’s final stories, Victor LaValle on Stephen King’s monstrously good new novel, and more: 5 book reviews we recommend this week. | Book Marks
- A blistering John le Carré letter from 2010, in which he refers to Tony Blair as “one bad Scottish piglet” and Christopher Hitchens a “truly odious little twerp,” is coming up for auction. | The Guardian
- From Dave Eggers to Nora Ephron to Maria Semple, 90 books for comedy fans. | Vulture
- “I run the risk of having my writing dismissed because some people think that black writing can only be about capital-P Politics, not the conversations that take place between mothers in the kitchen.” An interview with Camille T. Dungy. | The Sun
- “To prevent an artist, or any person, from doing evil is one thing. To prevent him from doing good suggests a far deeper and stranger set of fears.” On Curtis Dawkins and the stigmas facing prison writers. | Commonweal
- “These are big bloomers to fill.” Rachel Syme on the new TV adaptation of Picnic at Hanging Rock. | The New Republic
- On the delicate ethics of autofiction in Iceland—a nation of 350,000 people who are all related to one another (and love family gossip). | The Times Literary Supplement
- “This level of dedication feels both deserved and important as Kraus’s films have largely been critically and commercially overlooked.” On a new exhibition of Chris Kraus’s films. | Hyperallergic
