Lit Hub Daily: August 19, 2022

TODAY: In 1687, Samuel Richardson, author of Pamela, a book many consider the first modern English novel, is born.

“She could never be anything but herself, and as herself she was absolutely riveting on-screen.” Alice Sedgwick Wohl on Edie Sedgwick’s first movies with Andy Warhol. | Lit Hub Biography
Beth Macy, author of Dopesick, offers a reading list for coping with secondary trauma. | Lit Hub Reading Lists
“Why should art need to appease and excite everyone at once?” Gabrielle Bellot considers the new Sandman adaptation, its mixed reception, and why art doesn’t care if you like it. | Lit Hub Criticism
Andrew Keen’s predictions for 2042: Say goodbye to Trump, cryptocurrency, and “America’s pathetic political gerontocracy.” | Lit Hub Politics
When Rick James fought to get Black artists on MTV—and “served as a sacrificial lamb in the fray.” | Lit Hub Music
Mary Gaitskill’s advice for writing political fiction. | Lit Hub Craft
New titles from Beth Macy, Édouard Louis, and Sidik Fofana all feature among the Best Reviewed Books of the Week. | Book Marks
Lynne Feeley explores the growing body of eco-fiction. | The Nation
What defines the millennial generation? Sarah Wasserman on how several authors address the question. | Los Angeles Review of Books
Douglas Preston, president of the Authors Guild, discusses the danger of consolidation in the publishing industry. | Los Angeles Times
Tina Jordan looks back at Gentleman’s Agreement by Laura Z. Hobson, the “it book” of the summer 75 years ago. | The New York Times
“The job of the book reviewer is scrutiny. We do not work for authors.” Christian Lorentzen on the problem with “recommendation mentality.” | Christian Lorentzen’s Diary
Jennifer Wilson considers Pushkin’s conception of his Blackness, through the lens of his unfinished novel about his African great-grandfather. | NYRB