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- “What I’ve learned over the years is that I write about complicity. This transcends the Brooklyn stuff, the science-fiction, and the crime stories.” A conversation with Jonathan Lethem. | Lit Hub
- “Humankind has yet to mature.” Sir David Attenborough makes the case for “green” growth. | Lit Hub Climate Change
- “Self-pity and delusions of grandeur—a classic combination!” David Lazar tells a tale of two Oscars, Levant and Wilde. | Lit Hub History
- This year’s university press week celebrates work on racial justice, climate change, and more. | Lit Hub
- “The drama in Shirley Hazzard’s work arises from the bruising interactions between those who are responsive to beauty, and those who are not.” Zoë Heller on the collected stories. | Lit Hub
- Marilyn Hacker on how Claire Malroux’s translations of Emily Dickinson shaped her own poetry. | Lit Hub
- “The crucial thing in considering Dickens is deciding how best to read him.” Robert Gottlieb on the vast fictional universe and troubled personal life of Charles Dickens. | The New York Times
- Nathan Zach, one of Israel’s most prominent and controversial poets, has died at 89. | Minneapolis Star Tribune
- Are we ready for a rom-com set in the Trump administration? Spoiler: not yet. | Slate
- “What goes on creatively at a time when very little is going on?” Peter Marks wonders about the state of culture once we get to the other side. | The Washington Post
- A few of the literary translators you need to know. | Electric Literature
- Who is responsible for Biden’s success in Georgia? Thank Stacey Abrams, former Georgia minority leader and current romantic suspense novelist, who helped register 800,000 new voters in the state. | Yahoo News
- To mark what would have been Mercedes Berchada’s 88th birthday, Felipe Restrepo Pombo remembers “La Gaba” and her decades-long partnership with Gabriel García Márquez. | Words Without Borders
