TODAY: In 1800, the Library of Congress was established; it’s collection now includes 110 million books and (since 2006) every public tweet.
- Helen Macdonald’s falconry as therapy, and a reading from The Goshawk by T. H. White. | Literary Hub
- Gregory Pardlo, the winner of this year’s Pulitzer Prize for poetry, feels “like I’m following around another guy who everyone is congratulating.” | The New York Times
- Jonathan Basile has created a virtual version of Borges’s infinite library. | Library of Babel
- “When I introduced [John] Cheever to Donleavy, Donleavy wouldn’t even look at him; he went on talking to his wife, about aspirin, as if Cheever wasn’t there.” A wonderful exchange between John Irving and J.P. Donleavy, who turned 89 yesterday. | The Paris Review
- “There are always unintended consequences to every choice.” An interview with Kazuo Ishiguro on The Arcade podcast. | Hazlitt
- Taking a bold stance against publishing’s deeply entrenched prejudices, a group calling itself Equality in Literature has formed to ensure the inclusion of straight, white males. | Flavorwire
- Five things that occurred at Interrupt3 that, unlike some other things, were not shrouded in controversy. | Harriet
- “Poems about race operate in a field of understanding that is profoundly charged, and charged differently depending on how we are socialized.” On the presentation of race in poetry. | Boston Review
- A collection of unpublished, candid photographs of artists, including John Dos Passos and E.M Forster. | The New York Times Magazine
- “Russian humor is to ordinary humor what backwoods fundamentalist poisonous snake handling is to a petting zoo. Russian humor is slapstick, only you actually die.” Ian Frazier on the works of Daniil Kharms. | NYRB
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