TODAY: In 1898, Eliza Lynn Linton, the first female salaried journalist in Britain, dies.
- Incredibly, 2020 is only half over, which means we plenty more good books to come… Here are our most anticipated. | Lit Hub
- Genie Lauren on the rise of Black Twitter, and the social power (and limits) of hashtag activism. | Lit Hub Politics
- Love letters, libertines, and last words: In honor of Bastille Day, Edmund White recommends some readings on the French aristocracy. | Lit Hub History
- “Writing about love is a lot like love, itself. I feel my way through on hands and knees.” Sarah Gerard on falling in love, on and off the page. | Lit Hub
- “It is a strange thing, to abandon our old understanding of trees as stable and unchanging. It was a comforting illusion.” Zach St. George on the future of forests. | Lit Hub Nature
- Reaching for joy amid loss: Marisa Crane on the limbo of trying to get pregnant. | Lit Hub Memoir
- “The home is the safest place, right?” Anna Downes on the property-porn thriller and crime fiction’s housing obsession. | CrimeReads
- “The glorious spirit of abounding youth glows throughout this fascinating tale”: F. Scott Fitzgerald’s This Side of Paradise at 100. | Book Marks
- “The newsroom is the perfect place to shelter racism and white supremacy.” Nafari Vanaski on why she left journalism. | ZORA
- Australian novelist Elizabeth Harrower has died at age 92. | Sydney Morning Herald
- Naomi Klein on COVID-19, slowing down, and “the softness that the pandemic has introduced into our culture.” | The Guardian
- A brief history of the role of libraries in times of national crisis—from war to pandemic. | Apollo Magazine
- The North American Scrabble Players Association’s decision to eliminate slurs and other offensive words from the game’s official lexicon is proving controversial. | Slate
- “Has there been a woman to consistently review Dylan or will men be explaining Dylan to me into eternity?” And more musings from a female Bob Dylan fan. | Forward
- If you’re curious as to how Toby Fleishman is faring in quarantine, Taffy Brodesser-Akner has the answer—in the form of a micro-sequel to her novel Fleishman Is in Trouble. | The Cut
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