
LitHub Daily: February 26, 2016
THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET
TODAY: In 1948, novelist Sharyn McCrumb, creator of the “St Dale” trilogy, is born.
- Shawna Yang Ryan on five essential tales of immigration. | Literary Hub
- Stevie Smith: iconic 20th-century poet, doodler of charming illustrations. | Literary Hub
- Dear Rick Moody, life coach: Should I tell them I love them? | Literary Hub
- “I like to write…sometimes I’m afraid I like it too much. When I get into work, I don’t want to leave it.” A rare, 11-minute interview with Harper Lee. | WNYC
- Edwidge Danticat on Go Tell It on the Mountain, “protest chant, a hymn, a rebuke, a memorial, a prayer, a testimonial, a confessional, and, in [her] opinion, a masterpiece.” | The New Yorker
- “It stands to reason, then, that liberals become yugely pleased when they encounter a white liberal in whom they can deduce an equivalent, or, honestly, more genuine and utterly sane version of that same authenticity.” Joshua Cohen on Bernie Sanders. | The New Republic
- An interview with Karl Ove Knausgaard, “who plays drums but, at 6ft 5 ins, looks like a bassist,” whatever that means. | The Independent
- From American Housewife to What Belongs to You, the best books of the spring. | Google Play
- Akhil Sharma and John Wray discuss dark subjects, dream lovers, and good sex. | Salon
- Witch-hunting Spanish puppeteers and beyond: How fear of terrorism is diminishing freedom of speech in Europe. | The New York Times
- First he swallowed the screams: Four poems by Sandra M. Gilbert, inspired by the artwork of four masters. | The American Scholar
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