TODAY: In 1893, Jerome K. Jerome publishes To-Day, a “weekly magazine-journal.”
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- “Part of the patriarchal script is learning as a man, that one is above others.” Imran Siddiquee on Lindy West, and the problem with “new masculinity.” | Lit Hub Politics
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- “For him exile was not just a physical migration.” Azar Nafisi on finding herself in the writing of Vladimir Nabokov. | Lit Hub
- Learning to unsay the R-word: Amy Silverman on changing the way a culture speaks. | Lit Hub
- 15 of the Best Queer Debuts of 2019: feating T Kira Madden, Tegan and Sara, Bryan Washington, and more. | Book Marks
- How did an 11-day Chicago Teachers Union strike affect local librarians? | American Libraries
- In praise of The Public Domain Review, which features writing, maps, films, and other media oddities that have outlasted their copyright. | The Outline
- In an age of disinformation, could peer-reviewed books from university presses be some of our most reliable sources? | Vox
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- Andy Cohen Books, an imprint of Henry Holt, is launching in 2020, and its inaugural list will feature a Mariah Carey memoir. | Publishers Weekly
- “Today, when a woman artist sets out to create, who is she?” Rachel Cusk on Cecilia Paul, Cecily Brown, and what it takes to thrive as a “woman artist.” | The New York Times
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