TODAY: In 1928, Maurice Sendak is born. MAURICE SENDAK: Genius of American Picture Books, Exhibit and Sale is currently on view at the Society of Illustrators in New York through July 10. Image: © The Maurice Sendak Foundation
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“Water was always everywhere. And we accepted it. We exalted it. We prayed to it.” Ly Tran on finding home by the water, from the Mekong Delta to Coney Island. | Lit Hub Memoir
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If you want to Read the Book That Everyone is Reading this summer (and you probably do), Emily Temple did the math for you. | Lit Hub
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Tiya Miles considers the importance of material ownership for enslaved African Americans, “who knew that people could be treated like things and things prized over people.” | Lit Hub History
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How Harold Pinter pulled off one successful literary adaptation after another and reinvented the contemporary period drama. | Lit Hub Film
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“With Zami, Lorde both named and gave a blueprint for a way of writing our existence, our truth.” Jamika Ajalon on biomythography, friendships, and queer identity. | Lit Hub
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The particular joy of biblio-memoirs: Alice Jolly recommends reading books about people reading books. | Lit Hub Reading Lists
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Claire Donato pays tribute to poet and climate activist Mark Baumer. | Lit Hub
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Celebrate Pride Month with these 24 new and upcoming queer crime novels, recommended by Molly Odintz. | CrimeReads
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James Wood on Francisco Goldman’s autofictional immersion, Geoff Dyer on a chronicle of a doomed Antarctic expedition, and more of the Reviews You Need to Read This Week. | Book Marks
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The horrors of incarceration: on the works from and about Guantánamo Bay. | Los Angeles Review of Books
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“It didn’t feel authentic to ignore the fact that, as hard as my childhood was, there was also a lot of joy and humor to be found there.” Danielle Henderson discusses childhood memories and her new memoir. | Bust
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Maggie Shipstead talks about the research and writing process behind her new book. | Kirkus
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Gaza’s poets speak about their lives: “Growing up in Gaza is inspiring for anyone, but especially for poets—life here is poetry blown into pieces and scattered all over the place.” | Al Jazeera
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“We all deserve to be complicated on the page.” Melissa Scholes Young on moving—and writing—across cultural divides. | Brevity
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“I wrote the sort of book I wanted to read and teach and learn from.” Clint Smith joins Nichole Chung in conversation. | Catapult
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From Ulysses to Mrs. Dalloway and more, here are ten novels told in a single day. | The Guardian
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