TODAY: In 1999, the film “Fight Club,” based on the novel by Chuck Palahniuk, premieres at the Venice Film Festival.
- “My imposter syndrome loves to come out to literary events.” Sharlene Teo accurately describes the vibe at every literary event in her guide to fighting imposter syndrome as a debut novelist. | Lit Hub
- From comforting to creepy to downright chilling, nine novels in which the house plays a starring role. | Lit Hub
- Why The Left Hand of Darkness—a book both about gender and not at all about gender—has been relevant for 49 years. | Lit Hub
- Amanda Stern on Ramona and Beezus, debilitating anxiety, and how Rilke gave her permission to embrace the solitude and become a writer. | Lit Hub
- Sarah Zettel examines the role community plays in enabling abuse and looks at how psychological thrillers reveal the complexities of gaslighting. | CrimeReads
- From This Side of Paradise to The Last Tycoon, we look back at the first reviews of every F. Scott Fitzgerald novel. | Book Marks
- “John was a sadistic man.” A recently unearthed memoir by John Steinbeck’s wife Gwyn Conger Steinbeck describes him as a demanding, emotionally distant womanizer. | The Guardian
- What would Shakespeare have said about Trump? On two books that consider the Bard’s political baggage. | The New Republic
- “Essentially, I think all the problems of writing are problems of living.” Rachel Cusk interviewed by Alexandra Schwartz. | FSG Work in Progress
- Literary agents weigh in on the likely 7-figure book deal the author of anonymous New York Times op-ed could score—though we’re sure that didn’t affect their decision to publish . . . | Washingtonian
- “Arms were jerked, voices raised shrilly, threats uttered. The usual script, with the usual finale: handcuffs.” Read an excerpt from The Piranhas: The Boy Bosses of Naples. | n+1
- How small nonprofit press Restless Books, focused primarily on international literature, aims “to bring the voices of the rest of the world into the literary diet of American readers.” | Publishers Weekly
- “I don’t feel like myself unless I’m truly obsessed with something.” An interview with Dorothea Lasky. | The Creative Independent
- In the 1950s, Walt Kelly’s comic strip about a swamp-dwelling possum named Pogo was the most popular in America. It was also one the most frequently censored. | JSTOR Daily
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