LitHub Daily: July 1, 2016

TODAY: In 1915, short story writer and novelist Jean Stafford (here, in between Robert Lowell and Peter Taylor) is born. 

• Frauds on the internet: when online friendships falter in real life. | Literary Hub
• We pick the 21 books you should read in July. | Literary Hub
• How Clay Byars battled paralysis to finish his memoir. | Literary Hub
• Some pictures of ice cream and books, because this is what you need on the ultimate summer Friday. | Literary Hub
• Of course the Grand Canyon was a vagina, and other insights: Cheryl Strayed, Alexander Chee, Patricia Lockwood, Adelle Waldman, and Kate Christensen on significant visits to national parks. | The New York Times
• “My America opens its arms to the world rather than sells the world its arms.” Viet Thanh Nguyen on immigration. | TIME
• Poetry and law have always been intertwined in my mind: A profile of Reginald Dwayne Betts. | The New Yorker
• “I am not recommending life by planner. I am just confessing that I know no other way.” Helen Phillips on recording her life and the joys and tragedies one cannot plan for. | BuzzFeed Books
• Deep vs. light reading: How different levels of textual engagement influence writing. | Quartz
• “Generally writers are given too much power in the public sphere in terms of framing the interpretation of their work and I think for the most part that should really be left on the page.” C.E. Morgan and Lisa Lucas in conversation. | Work in Progress
• Why Marianne Moore’s incessant revisions of her poetry make it “as malleable as something written online” today. | Poetry Foundation
• Everybody for miles round has heard of Miss Havisham: A history of one of Dickens’ most memorable characters. | The Toast

Also on Literary Hub: How to choose a book to read this summer: Strand Bookstore offers a very useful flowchart to help you decide · The Africa Writes festival turns five: Looking back at five years of African literature · How the heart limps: from Iris Smyles’s Dating Tips for the Unemployed

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