
LitHub Daily: March 2, 2016
THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET
TODAY: In 1931, Tom Wolfe is born in a white suit.
- Poems, proofs, and mimeos: inside the unpublished world of Allen Ginsberg. | Literary Hub
- The rise of the Cuban literati plus a reading list of contemporary Cuban lit. | Literary Hub
- “Guy realized how lonely he was. How starved for affection.” An excerpt from Edmund White’s new novel, Our Young Man. | The Advocate
- It’s really quite a simple thing: On Samuel Beckett’s foray into film, Film. | The New Yorker
- Ten must-read, five of the best, and the six best history books coming out in March. | Flavorwire, The Amazon Book Review, Barnes & Noble Reads
- Petina Gappah on Zimglish, the meaning of names, and never running out of stories. | NPR
- “Though known as the ‘graveyard of empires,’ lab mouse for various regimes, safe haven for terrorist groups and opium, Afghanistan is also the land of poetry, story-telling, fables, folktales, and proverbs.” Fazilhaq Hashimi on writing in Afghanistan. | Electric Literature
- Going beyond the Jonathans: Nine women writers to watch this year. | Book Page
- Nicole Chung has launched a series on adoption, beginning with essays by Megan Galbraith and James Han Mattson. | Catapult
- “I’ve been sixteen for two days, and I’ve been in the States for a year. I’m a legal alien, which is exactly how I feel.” A short story by Olga Breydo. | Joyland
Also on Literary Hub: Bryan Hurt on privacy, surveillance, and the watchful eye of fiction · Part two of Paul Holdengraber’s call with Clive James: dying, poetry, and the wonders of the English language · 30 Books in 30 Days: Michael Miller on Maggie Nelson’s The Argonauts · Memory and the mirror: Ruth Ozeki’s The Face
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