LitHub Daily: July 12, 2016

• In the wilds of Utah, for research: Alexandra Oliva on killing the meat you eat, and taking comfort for granted. | Literary Hub
• What happens when you break into America’s nuclear bomb factory. | Literary Hub
• How Patrick Ryan made it to outer space (and the fifteen unpublished novels he wrote along the way). | Literary Hub
• “I think I will get hung but I don’t care as long as I get breakfast.” The Victorian tale of a 13-year-old boy who murdered his Mum. | Literary Hub
• The longlist for the 2016 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize—which includes Emma Cline, Yaa Gyasi, and Garth Greenwell—has been announced. | The Center for Fiction
• On newly translated, “brief, brilliantly written, and kissed by a sense of the absurd” books by Mexican authors Daniel Saldaña París and Yuri Herrera. | NPR
• Solitude makes her unbiddable, nearly necromantic: On Claire-Louise Bennett’s Pond, “a photonegative of Walden.” | The New Yorker
• In response to the Orlando shooting, nine LGBTQ writers reflect on a time they felt at home in their identities. | The Critical Flame
• On the “legacy of Federico García Lorca’s hostilities with government,” which is currently reflected in a power struggle over the $25 million center built to honor him. | The New York Times
• “I thought these would be good conversation starters for teens engaged in discussions about race and justice.” Chelsea Couillard-Smith, a librarian for Hennepin County Library, has created a #BlackLivesMatter reading list for teens. | School Library Journal
• Announcing the PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers, which will be awarded to 12 emerging fiction writers for their debut short stories. | PEN America
• “People say Kylie is problematic, and they’re right. She’s still really good at Snapchat.” Megan Kirby on the sneaking appeal of Kylie Jenner’s Snapchat.| Hobart

Also on Literary Hub: Bethanne Patrick’s five beach reads for July, wherever you are · Books making news this week: first books, Finland, and a 50th anniversary. · Being Mr. Delacorte: “Fountain of Youth,” from Patrick Ryan’s collection, The Dream Life of Astronauts