LitHub Daily: February 12, 2016

TODAY: In 1938, Judy Blume, patron saint of teen girls everywhere, is born.

• Stuart Evers tries to figure out what makes something funny, tells a couple jokes along the way. | Literary Hub
• Han Kang on the difference between the Korean and American literary scenes, and being stuck with the image of a woman who turns into a plant. | Literary Hub
• Garth Greenwell and Hanya Yanagihara discuss absences, recovering from poetry, and writing on trash. | Work in Progress
• Bridging the divide between the literary and art worlds with poetry: On Heather Phillipson’s verbally infused installations. | T Magazine
• “If an artist wants to illustrate Lolita, how does he cut through the psychodrama of its public reception?” An interview with the first official illustrator of Lolita. | Flavorwire
• Other books really nourish me: An interview with Brian Evenson. | Tin House
• Examining the book collections of Virginia Woolf (vast), Joseph Roth (paltry), and other writers. | The Millions
• Daily life veering into moments of sadistic fantasy: On Lina Meruane’s autobiographical novel, Seeing Red. | The Rumpus
• “If someone asks me if I’m writing about my generation, I go, ‘Yuck.’” An interview with Tony Tulathimutte. | Electric Literature
• Unnamed Press has announced a new feminist imprint, UnZipped Books, which will publish “contemporary, diverse, and exciting” books “that will appeal to die-hard romance readers and newcomers alike.” | UnZipped

Also on Literary Hub: Badly Drawn Authors: this Valentine’s Day, give an unforgettable gift · When your favorite writer writes a book like the one you wrote, only better · From Idra Novey’s debut novel, Ways to Disappear

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