TODAY: In 1943, Thomas Mann completes writing Joseph der Ernährer, last of the tetralogy Joseph and His Brothers (Joseph und seine Brüder), on which he began work in December 1926.
- On the Murakami juggernaut and its effect on literature in translation. | Literary Hub
- Bookselling in the 21st century: an illustrated history of interesting customers. | Literary Hub
- On Sherlock and when adaptations go awry. | Literary Hub
- From Paul Auster to Jenny Zhang, 25 of the most anticipated releases of 2017. | Vulture
- In which Rosmarie Waldrop, “who claims to be both poet and translator,” is made to be “a veritable nymphomaniac of narcissism.” | OmniVerse
- A look at Jonathan Lethem’s “castoff scraps,” which have been acquired by The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Yale University. | The New York Times
- This year’s 30 Under 30 list includes writers Emma Cline, Yaa Gyasi, Wesley Lowery, among others. | Forbes
- What’s the difference between rot and decay? On Alice Oswald’s depiction of Tithonus and prose writing. | Los Angeles Review of Books
- “These orations come to us as the lucubrations of a solitary wise man, grappling with American history, with race, with fate and freedom. They suggest writerliness.” On President Obama’s speeches. | n+1
- A history of Chinese science fiction, from works by “Old Fisherman by a Deserted River” to The Three-Body Problem. | Asia Times
