LitHub Daily: March 8, 2016

• Jonathan Lee on Fernando Pessoa, Joy Williams, German translators, and the deep disquiet of finishing your book. | Literary Hub
• Twelve writers reflect on the high school English teacher who changed their life. | Literary Hub
• Summer Brennan on the things writers do to promote their books. | Literary Hub
• 33 life-changing books from VIDA, in honor of International Women’s Day. | Literary Hub
• Documents of Luc Sante’s lost youth: an annotated selection of magazine ­covers, collages, and flyers from New York City in the 80s. | The Paris Review
• Novelists Danielle Dutton, Kaitlyn Greenidge, Jon Methven, and Karan Mahajan cover a wide range of topics, from semen trafficking to the limits of language. | Salon
• Three cheers for thoughtful innovation, for playfulness that isn’t too showoffy, and for passionate eclecticism: An interview with Margo Jefferson. | Bookslut
• “You can only understand a novel’s shape when you reach the ending and see all the connections, the repetitions with variations.” An interview with Dana Spiotta. | The Millions
• A short story collection that was smuggled out of North Korea, and whose anonymous author still resides there, will be published in English next year. | Melville House
• “You and your wonderful clothes, your perfect clothes, your perfect friends, your uptight, ruinous friends.” A short story by Ann Beattie. | The New Yorker
• A literary alternative to St. Patrick’s Day celebrations, featuring Colm Tóibín, Kevin Barry, and more. | Barnes & Noble Reads
• “Zines have allowed me to be in control of my own narrative and its dissemination.” A report from the fourth annual NYC Feminist Zine Fest. | Hyperallergic

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