TODAY: In 1952, The Old Man and the Sea is published in LIFE; five million copies of the magazine sold in two days.
- Learning to write what your MFA advisor would hate: Annie McGreevy and Claire Vaye Watkins on writing for themselves. | Literary Hub
- Praise be: Nell Zink’s review of Purity, basically the same book as A Little Princess, is back online. | n+1
- On enlisting one’s mom to pre-translate the final Neapolitan novel. | The Slate Book Review
- Lena Dunham’s most recent self-promotion platform newsletter features fiction from Rebecca Dinerstein and Jenny Zhang. | Lenny
- In praise of Emerson’s mediocre poetry, benevolent uncle to the American literary tradition. | The New Yorker
- On Graywolf Press, “a scrappy little press that harnessed and to some extent generated a revolution in nonfiction.” | Vulture
- Arthur Bradford on his unconscious desires, veering off into the land of the surreal, and copying from Denis Johnson. | Hobart
- At least they didn’t call it “A Perfect Day for Rebelfish,” we guess: the J.D. Salinger biopic will be called Rebel in the Rye and will star Nicholas Hoult. | Variety
- From Franzen on, 33 books to look forward to this fall. | Flavorwire
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