TODAY: In 1855, Charlotte Brontë, English novelist and poet and the eldest of the three Brontë sisters whose novels became classics of English literature, dies.
- “What would it mean to make caring for others into an explicitly public priority?” Reading Sigrid Nunez’s What Are You Going Through amid a national mental health crisis. | Public Books
- John Lewis’ posthumous graphic memoir Run: Book One, is coming this summer. | The Washington Post
- UCLA’s Archive of Healing, “one of the most comprehensive databases of medicinal folklore in the world,” is now digitally accessible. | Hyperallergic
- “I didn’t understand any of that at all, and it’s fascinating how much it really worked as hearsay and gossip.” Jennifer Keishin Armstrong on her new book, the history of women in television, and the impact of McCarthyism. | Bitch Media
- “I love history, particularly the stories that get left out of overarching narratives because they are deemed too niche, strange, uncomfortable or hard to understand.” Kaitlyn Greenidge on Libertie, history, and her writing process. | Shelf Awareness
- “Besides buoyancy, the opposite of buoyancy drives my work a lot. It’s rage.” Sally Wen Mao dissects the relationship between language and power. | The Creative Independent
- “Writing is my best way of thinking, of coming to insight about my experiences, and mostly I prefer to do it sooner rather than later.” Melissa Febos on writing without hindsight and other advice. | Interview Magazine