LitHub Daily: November 9, 2015

TODAY: In 1928, poet Anne Sexton is born. 

• Rick Moody is now a life coach. | Literary Hub
• Only a Knausgaard profile would begin by describing the author’s “wolf’s mane of silver hair, ice-blue eyes and craggy woodcut features” and include a picture of his overflowing ashtray. | The Wall Street Journal
• Chinelo Okparanta on readings, writing happy and hopeful stories, and the problem with privilege. | The Rumpus
• A Marlon James DJ set, which includes Bob Marley, Bob Dylan, and Nirvana. | BBC
• Language as an end in itself: Exploring what makes an essay literary. | The Kenyon Review
• On John Cage’s Diary: How to Improve the World (You Will Only Make Matters Worse), which “reads a lot like a Twitter feed.” | Los Angeles Review of Books
• Schopenhauer’s fly, a town of cats, and speaking beyond language: On the writing and poetics of Hagiwara Sakutaro. | Jacket2
• Speaking with Graywolf Press’s founder and “distant fan” on the occasion of its very own exhibition. | Twin Cities News
• “The slightly pretentious little brother to the novel” will now be available in short story vending machines. | The Atlantic

Also on Literary Hub: Elvis Costello remembers his teenage years · The opening night at Philly’s 215 Fest · Hundreds of thousands of used and collectible books: inside Brattle Book Shop · Is Canadian fabulism a hot new thing? In conversation with Heather O’Neill  · From Noy Holland’s Bird

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