TODAY: In 1962, e.e. cummings, prince of Greenwich Village and punctuation, dies.
- A writing lesson from Ursula K. Le Guin. | Literary Hub
- Don DeLillo, prolific Contributor to American Letters, has received a National Book Award for lifetime achievement. | Flavorwire
- Hiking with, and taking a road trip through the stories of, Joy Williams. | The New York Times Magazine
- Parsing Very Big Questions with the fathers of one thousand think pieces, David Foster Wallace and Jonathan Franzen. | BuzzFeed Books
- It’s form itself that is juicy: on the subversive writing and tricky friendship of Dodie Bellamy and Eileen Myles. | Bookforum
- On the collected writings of Shirley Jackson, who stared down, raised, and endured her own demons. | The Weekly Standard
- Post Ferrante Fever, Franzen Mania, or whatever other literary affliction ails you, here are fall’s best Latin American books. | The Guardian
- Bad Mother, Good Art: on Sally Mann’s mind-stretching memoir. | Public Books
Also on Literary Hub: A back to school reading list: what writers teach their students · Scott Cheshire reunites with the palm trees of the west · The travel diaries of Lawrence Ferlinghetti: in Latin America with Allen (Ginsberg)
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