Lit Hub Daily: September 30, 2024
THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET
TODAY: In 1868, the first volume of Little Women is published.
- Remembering the life and work of Turkish-American human rights activist Ayşenur Ezgi Eygi, who was shot in the head by an IDF sniper during a peaceful protest on September 6th. | Lit Hub Poetry
- How pilsners and lagers went from Central European staples to 19th century American phenomenons. | Lit Hub Food
- Why do the Brits curse like that? Ben Yagoda looks at some naughty British words that have entered the American lexicon. | Lit Hub Humor
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Read the winners of American Short Fiction’s 2024 Insider Prize, selected by Peter Orner. | Lit Hub
Article continues after advertisement - Lizza Aiken remembers her mother, children’s author Joan Aiken. | Lit Hub Memoir
- “When I was younger, I was afraid of cities, so I did my best to stay away from them.” Jarod K. Anderson on how safety can hide wonder from us. | Lit Hub Nature
- “Zanya took quick, confident strides across the road toward the church construction site, the uneven hem of his trousers striking his ankles.” Read from Afabwaje Kurian’s novel, Before the Mango Ripens. | Lit Hub Fiction
- Srikanth Reddy on Hannah Arendt’s poetics. | The Paris Review
- “Some have suggested that his death marks the end of an epoch.” Robert T. Tally Jr. remembers Fredric Jameson. | Jacobin
- Whitney Mallett interviews Rachel Kushner: “I wanted the book to be legible, broadly, but meaningful in a different and more intimate way to an inner circle.” | The Walrus
- Katie Knibbs considers the future of recording the web and the Internet Archive’s fight to save itself after publishing lawsuits. | Wired
- “I wonder sometimes if I should go back to Florida at all, which may feel like betrayal but also a relief.” Jeff VanderMeer on the torturous decisions forced by hurricanes. | The New York Times
- Clayton Purdum explores the subgenre of “weird nonfiction,” or, nonfiction designed “with the intention of upsetting, disturbing, or confusing the audience.” | Los Angeles Review of Books
