
LitHub Daily: June 30, 2015
THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET
TODAY: In 1911, poet and Nobel Prize winner Czesław Miłosz was born.
- Joshua Cohen on beer, nostalgia, and the greatest Czech writer of the past century. | Literary Hub
- In what itself could be an amazing movie: Zadie Smith and French director Claire Denis are teaming up with a contemporary artist, astrophysicist, and indie band to create a sci-fi film. | Screen Daily
- We, too, would like to thank librarians for (among many things) saving Gloria Steinem’s inner life. | Publishers Weekly
- The most fantastical part of contemporary YA is its complete lack of diversity; Daniel José Older has set out to change that. | The Guardian
- Russia and the United States are hoping to ease tensions and increase cultural awareness through the magic of books. | The New York Times
- On colonialism, critiques, and conflation: The Meursault Investigation and retort literature. | The New Inquiry
- Profunda Piscina de Frijoles Negros: on black beans and rice, Cuban heritage, and elusive family recipes. | Entropy
- Netflix for books vs. publishing Hunger Games: the royalty models of Oyster and Amazon. | The Observer
- Fatter, thicker, stronger: Anshuman Iddamsetty on wanting “to be fatter than the sun.” | Hazlitt
Also on Literary Hub: Jason Novak illustrates Chris Bachelder’s forthcoming novel about NFL re-enactors and otherwise ordinary men · Nick Carraway’s F. Scott Fitzgerald’s old house is for sale · An excerpt from Celeste Ng’s Everything I Never Told You
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