Lit Hub Daily: October 12, 2021

• “No, Fluffy hasn’t crossed the Rainbow Bridge. Fluffy died.” Susan Orlean talks to Ann Leary about her latest book, On Animals. | Lit Hub

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• On the legal issues at the heart of Dorland v. Lawson. | Lit Hub

• In praise of lichen: Melissa Matthewson considers how writers can counter “the urge to produce at real or imagined external timelines.” | Lit Hub Craft

• Donald Antrim on world-building, Lord of the Rings, and writing his new memoir with a sense of mission. | Lit Hub Questionnaire

• On fatherhood and Coltrane: Joshua Bennett recounts early morning hours with his son. | Lit Hub Freeman’s

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• Who gets to survive climate disasters? Parag Khanna considers the migration patterns of the privileged. | Lit Hub Climate Change

• “It was like looking for WebMD symptoms, but instead of a fatal illness, I was watching for complete and universal devastation.” Bethany Ball on getting over her preoccupation with apocalypse. | Lit Hub

• This month’s 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers features Venita Blackburn, Eugene Lim, Bradley Sides, Tamara Shopsin, and Vanessa Veselka. | Lit Hub

• Claire Fuller invites readers into her writing space. | Women’s Prize for Fiction

• “This is, in my opinion, the best use of the Nobel Prize: as a way of highlighting neglected but worthy writers.” Alex Shepherd considers Abdulrazak Gurnah’s unexpected Nobel Prize win. | The New Republic

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• Was the first great internet novel… Mrs. Dalloway? | The Atlantic

• “It takes more than nostalgia to give a series staying power for generations of readers.” Kelly Jensen celebrates the The Baby-Sitters Club’s legacy. | Book Riot

• Casey Plett discusses her newest story collection and offers writing advice. | Lambda Literary

• On attempting to cook the dishes featured in the works of Amparo Dávila. | The Paris Review

• “We must take care not to devalue the seriousness of writing for children.” An argument in favor of taking children’s books seriously. | The Guardian

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Also on Lit Hub: Tyler Stovall on the contradictions of whiteness, revolution, and freedom • Mondiant Dogon on childhood in a refugee camp • Read a story by Senaa Ahmad from The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2021