TODAY: In 1900, Oscar Wilde dies.
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- “The sooner [Oscar Wilde] takes to tailoring (or some other decent trade) the better for his own reputation and the public morals.” An 1890 review of The Picture of Dorian Gray. | Book Marks
- “He knew no one could suspect him of having murdered his brother.” A recently-discovered story by Dashiell Hammett. | Electric Literature
- Jesmyn Ward on Ava DuVernay, whose “perspective adds a revelatory dimension to the representation of black people in this country.” | Smithsonian
- This is not one dour Nordic genius paying homage to his dour Nordic predecessor: On the Munch Museum’s exhibition Towards the Forest: Knausgaard on Munch. | The Point
- “Thoreau issues a challenge to us over the chasm of time and we would do well to listen to him.” Ariel Dorfman on Thoreau’s moral clarity and eyewitness account of a shipwreck that killed 140 Irish immigrants. | NYRB
- They reproduce the craving for authenticity: Sofia Samatar on social media. | Catapult
- Elena Ferrante’s publisher has announced that she is back on her bullshit (writing). | The Guardian
- It has all been downhill since 2015’s crying-laughing emoji: Dictionary.com has announced that the word of 2017 is “complicit.” | Dictonary.com
