
LitHub Daily: July 30, 2015
THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET
TODAY: In 1935, Penguin paperbacks are introduced; the grandfathers of people who one day won’t buy e-readers decry the end of reading culture.
- “I’ve had to reinvent myself every five years to keep making a living, reinvigorate and shake things up.” Susan Shapiro on making the jump from big house to small press, and being addicted to book events. | Literary Hub
- Rick Moody’s introduction to Genoa by Paul Metcalf, great-grandson of Herman Melville and forger of the new. | The Paris Review
- If only it were possible to retweet physical pages: Twitter and the short stories of Lydia Davis. | The Millions
- Ernest Hemingway, Papa and progenitor of all bloggers everywhere. | The New Yorker
- On Marie Darrieussecq, the Marquis de Sade, and writing, uneasily, about fictionalized violence against women. | Full Stop
- The implied possibility of connection: Mia Alvar discusses her debut collection, the gap between outer and inner lives, and the limits of belonging. | The Rumpus
- From the alleged illiteracy of Homer to Alcuin’s scribes, Western writing got off to a “supremely leisurely start.” | Lapham’s Quarterly
- Rahawa Haile recounts her project to read a short story (not by a white man) every day. | The Oyster Review
- Beholding the un-visible of America: Wendy S. Waters on her collection of fiction, nonfiction, and lyric essays. | Brazos Bookstore
- Beloved lit mag PANK is closing down. | PANK Magazine
Also on Literary Hub: David Foster Wallace, reluctant celebrity · From David Lipsky’s Although of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself (now a movie): in class with Professor Wallace
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