Lit Hub Daily: November 27, 2023

• “Literary style should be a way of knowing how the world is met in its unfolding.” In conversation with brand-new Booker Prize-winner Paul Lynch. | Lit Hub

• “‘Seasoned’ is an adjective that comes to mind, but not like a roast chicken.” Lisa Gornick, Julia Alvarez, Elizabeth Strout, and others discuss crafting older female characters in fiction. | Lit Hub Roundtable

• “A poetic work of the highest order.” The late Gabriel García Márquez sings the praises of Juan Rulfo’s classic Mexican novel Pedro Páramo. | Lit Hub Criticism

• Jake Berman recounts how the Twin City’s streetcar system was ruined by a Wall Street financier, a crooked lawyer, and the Minneapolis mob. | Lit Hub

• Martyrs to the American Dream: Steven Ujifusa on the devastating Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire. | Lit Hub History

• “The spirit of the moment is cultural atonement and ethical consumption—and the bombshell is having a reckoning.” Ariella Garmaise considers the memoirs of Britney Spears, Pamela Anderson, and Paris Hilton. | The Walrus

• Matthew Lamb explores the complexity of balancing storytelling and truth when writing a biography. | The Conversation

• “What is there to say about a person who is gone too soon, who did so much good, who had much more good work and life in front of him, other than it is a loss?” John Warner on the passing of Gabe Hudson. | The Biblioracle Recommends

• Paul Lynch has won the Booker Prize for Prophet Song. | The New York Times

• “Everyone finds the Melville they want.” Andrew Schenker on Herman Melville’s legacy. | The Baffler

Also on Lit Hub: Rebecca Roache on why swearing is fun • On the timeless charm of children’s books • Read from Sarah Blakley-Cartwright’s latest novel, Alice Sadie Celine