Lit Hub Daily: May 14, 2020

THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET

May 14, 2020  By Lit Hub Daily   Posted In  Lit Hub Daily 
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Daughters of Smoke and Fire

Ava Homa

May 14, 2020  By Lit Hub Excerpts   Posted In  Daily Fiction  Excerpts  Fiction and Poetry  From the Novel  Novels 
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Jazz, Jeans, and Movie Stars: Joseph Brodsky on Glimpsing the West
From Afar

Dreams of America Behind the Iron Curtain

May 14, 2020  By Joseph Brodsky   Posted In  Features  Film and TV  History  Memoir  News and Culture 
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Edward Carey on Doing a Drawing a Day During Quarantine

"It’s an escape. It can go anywhere."

May 14, 2020  By Edward Carey   Posted In  Art and Photography  News and Culture 
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Tommye Blount: No One Gets Off the Hook in My Poems

The Author of Fantasia for the Man in Blue Talks to Peter Mishler

May 14, 2020  By Peter Mishler   Posted In  Craft and Criticism  Features  In Conversation 
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On Didion, The Dead, and the Dawn of a California Arts Revolution

Jim Newton Looks Back at the Early 1960s and a Cultural Moment That Would Shape America

May 14, 2020  By Jim Newton   Posted In  Features  History  Music  News and Culture 
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On the Dreams of Latinx Women in a Pandemic Year

Felicia Zamora Finds a Little Magic in a Dark Time

May 14, 2020  By Felicia Zamora   Posted In  Craft and Criticism  Features  Literary Criticism  Memoir  News and Culture 
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What to Make of Isaac Asimov, Sci-Fi Giant and Dirty Old Man?

Despite Calling Himself a Feminist the Author of the Foundation Stories Was a Serial Harasser

May 14, 2020  By Jay Gabler   Posted In  Craft and Criticism  Features  History  Literary Criticism  News and Culture 
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How Elephant Matriarchs Gain Power as They Age

Hannah Mumby on the Lessons We Might Learn From the Animal Kingdom

May 14, 2020  By Hannah Mumby   Posted In  Features  Nature  News and Culture  Science 
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How to Read Surreally in a Surreal Time

Maria Reva on Books By Samanta Schweblin, Selja Ahava, and More

May 14, 2020  By Maria Reva   Posted In  Craft and Criticism  Features  Literary Criticism  News and Culture  Reading Lists 
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‘Something Like My Own Obituary.’ Albert Einstein on Skepticism, Reason, and Truth

From His Autobiographical Notes

May 14, 2020  By Albert Einstein   Posted In  Features  Memoir  News and Culture  Science 
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On Embracing the Wig After a Cancer Diagnosis

Mary Ladd Finds Small Pleasures in an Altered Reality

May 14, 2020  By Mary Ladd   Posted In  Features  Health  Memoir  News and Culture  Style 
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On Tracking the Racial Disparities in Covid-19 Death Rates

Peniel E. Joseph in Conversation with Andrew Keen on the Keen On

May 14, 2020  By Keen On   Posted In  Features  Keen On  Lit Hub Radio 
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Kristy Edmunds: How Can We Support the Arts?

From the Quarantine Tapes Podcast with Paul Holdengraber

May 14, 2020  By The Quarantine Tapes   Posted In  Features  Lit Hub Radio  The Quarantine Tapes 
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On Black Elk, John Neihardt, and the Book They Wrote Together

From the Writ Large Podcast

May 14, 2020  By Writ Large   Posted In  Features  Lit Hub Radio 
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Barnes & Noble is slowly reopening stores to shoppers in a few states.

May 13, 2020  By Corinne Segal   Posted In  Bookstores and Libraries  News and Culture  The Hub 
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Ethan Hawke is “.44 caliber abolitionist” John Brown in The Good Lord Bird.

May 13, 2020  By Aaron Robertson   Posted In  Film and TV  News and Culture  The Hub 
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Sheltering: Anna Solomon Talks About the Impacts of Inequality on Women

The Author of The Book of V. Talks to Maris Kreizman

May 13, 2020  By The Virtual Book Channel   Posted In  Features  The Virtual Book Channel 
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Sofia Coppola is adapting Edith Wharton’s post-divorce novel.

May 13, 2020  By Dan Sheehan   Posted In  Film and TV  News and Culture  The Hub 
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Behind the Mic: On Sigh, Gone by Phuc Tran, Read by the Author

Jo Reed and Emily Connelly Discuss About Growing Up as a Vietnamese Refugee in Small-Town America

May 13, 2020  By Behind the Mic    Posted In  Behind the Mic  Features  Lit Hub Radio 
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