LitHub Daily: June 15, 2015
THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET
TODAY: In 1300, Dante Alighieri is named prior of Florence.
- Roberto Clemente and the greatest forgotten home run of all time. | Literary Hub
- Peering into Elizabeth Bishop’s closets, closets, and more closets: Colm Tóibín approximates biography through a close reading of the poet’s work. | The Weekly Standard
- The emotional intensity and premature ejaculations of youth: on Book Four of My Struggle. | NYRB
- Azar Nafisi on writing with the awareness that Big Brother is always watching. | The New York Times Sunday Book Review
- On China’s favorite little capitalist, Zhanmusi Qiaoyisi (also known as James Joyce). | The Guardian
- Teens and vampire books: a true story of undying love. | VICE
- More than an anecdote or statistic: McSweeney’s The Voice of Witness Reader collection amplifies the voices of those directly impacted by human rights crises. | Salon
- High schools continue to discover that there are good books out there not written by old, white men. | Sun Sentinel
- *poop emoji,* indeed: a new series of books will translate Shakespeare’s plays into iPhone text conversations. | The Daily Mirror
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