LitHub Daily: April 21, 2015
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- Angela Flournoy writes about writing about gentrification and the disappearance of black neighborhoods. | Literary Hub
- The Pulitzer Prizes were announced; winners include Anthony Doerr, Gregory Pardlo, and Elizabeth Kolbert | The Pulitzer Prizes
- “The writing is—I’m free from pain. It’s the place where I live; it’s where I have control; it’s where nobody tells me what to do; it’s where my imagination is fecund and I am really at my best.” An interview with Toni Morrison. | NPR
- Charles Dickens was an “authorpreneur” who both understood and pandered to his audience. | The Paris Review
- “Don’t write like a writer; write like a talker.” An interview with Atticus Lish. | The Quietus
- Before he became a literary superstar, Haruki Murakami wrote short stories for men’s clothing advertisements. | Open Culture
- The Library of Congress has uploaded newly digitized recordings of readings and interviews with acclaimed literary figures. | Library of Congress
- Sheila Heti’s “unproduceable” play has been produced. | Electric Literature
- “I guess that’s the difference between me and you. I don’t respect the brother at all.” Michael Eric Dyson on the rise and fall of Cornel West. | The New Republic
- “When I’m in the mood for poetry, it’s not a seduction on my part; it’s more like the poem and I have chemistry. ” On having a mind of poetry and the difference between poetry and prose. | The Smart Set
- Scientists have finally given us permission to fully disregard grammar fanatics. | The Washington Post
- The American dream (or nightmare) as the subject of every American novel. | The Guardian
- Will Self on his “Woodhenge” of pipes. | Granta
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