LitHub Daily: August 7, 2015

TODAY: In 1957, Italo Calvino’s letter of resignation from the Italian Communist Party is published in L’Unita. 

• How the “badass women of Polish mythology,” and the rusalka myth inspired Adrienne Celt’s writing. | Literary Hub
• “I think people are sick and tired of seeing my face in the newspaper.” Think again, Knausgaard! An interview with the drummer of Lemen. | VICE
• A spectrum of literary ambition, from flannel-wearing victim of ennui (Hamlet) to self-proclaimed Artist (The Flamethrowers). | The Oyster Review
• “A hundred thousand people were killed by the atomic bomb, and these six were among the survivors.” John Hersey’s 1946 report about the bombing of Hiroshima, 70 years ago yesterday, is now available online. | The New Yorker
• She could only paint in her own way: on the selected stories of Tove Jansson. | The Kenyon Review
• Publishing industry, rejoice! Another publisher (George Braziller) has written about us, this time with humility instead of glamour. | The New Republic
• “At its core, the United States is grateful, warm-hearted… not a cold and bullying prison.” An interview with Ilan Stavans, creator of Restless Books’ prize for immigrant writing. | Publishers Weekly
• Making the lions roar, shaking institutional foundations: an interview with LIVE from the NYPL’s Paul Holdengräber. | The Believer
• A wonderful opportunity to destroy Nouvella’s hideously short books. | Kickstarter

Also on Literary Hub: JY Sexton sneaks into last night’s GOP debate in Cleveland, observes, and is kicked out · Scott Korb on poetry, fathers, sons, and chest hair · Visiting Viva Las Vegas!—a historical-museum-slash-tourist-trap

---