Lit Hub Daily: November 13, 2023

CELEBRATING 400 YEARS OF SHAKESPEARE’S FIRST FOLIO: Six scholars weigh in on the most important 844,421 words in literature • The folio as sacred object • The Bard’s role in 20th-century China • And last but not least, a sneak peek at Rizzoli and The British Library’s new facsimile edition. | Lit Hub History

The Oscars, but for university presses: 24 diverse books in honor of University Press Week. | Lit Hub Reading Lists

On Wednesdays, we dissent: How Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s collars became political signifiers. | Lit Hub Style

Mari Cohen takes an in-depth look at the 92nd Street Y’s recent postponement of Viet Than Nguyen’s Poetry Center talk, and what the subsequent backlash means for the organization going forward. | Jewish Currents

“Why shouldn’t writers follow their obsessions and interests and strange ideas?” Lincoln Michel recommends adding some whale facts to your novel-in-progress. | Counter Craft

What could be more romantic than a trove of love letters addressed to French sailors, unopened for 250 years? | The New York Times

At 94 years of age, Jurgen Häbermas has published a 1,752 page work covering the history of philosophy over the past 2,500 years | El País

“How to describe her astounding style? Lucid and mysterious? Wry and plaintive? Colloquial and oracular? I wanted her to tell me.” Poets pay tribute to Louise Glück. | LARB