THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET
TODAY: In 1592, London theaters close for about 16 months due to an epidemic of bubonic plague.
- Why the elder Millennial experience of American life is a cycle of getting your hopes up and being let down. | Lit Hub Memoir
- Justin Ellis explores the labor history and racial solidarity of mid-century Minneapolis. | Lit Hub History
- These nine books by Fadi Zaghmout, Muhammad Abdelnabi, Samar Yazbek and more showcase queer life in the Arabic world. | Lit Hub Reading Lists
- How F. Scott Fitzgerald’s most overlooked story collection helped Krista Diamond write a Los Angeles novel. | Lit Hub Craft
- Terria Smith recommends anti-colonial travel stories by Tété-Michel Kpomassie, Noé Álvarez, Jamaica Kincaid and more. | Lit Hub Reading Lists
- Richard Louv makes the case for slowing down and noticing nature. | Lit Hub Nature
- The 21 new books out today include titles by Maggie Haberman, Eve Babitz, and Daniel Kraus! |Lit Hub Reading Lists
- “I’m covered in sweat, rolling it out with very little resistance on the knob. Flushing that lactic acid. Shoulders lowered, triceps and biceps spiraling.” Read from Hallie Elizabeth Newton’s new novel, Agnes Lives! | Lit Hub Fiction
- David Denby explores the long history of failed adaptations of The Odyssey (and wonders if Christopher Nolan can break the streak). | The New Yorker
- Imogen West-Knights touches down at the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament to investigate our current crossword boom. | Slate
- Craft rant: Lincoln Michel on the multiplicity of fictional POVs. | Counter Craft
- Claire Woodcock reports on the mass relocation of children’s and YA books to the adult sections of public libraries. | 404 Media
- Richard Fallon explores the ancient and fantastical creatures of “lost worlds” fiction. | The Public Domain Review
- “We are culturally steeped in this kind of genealogy work at present, so much so that it can sometimes feel fallow, like finding that hot rare track for a mixtape.” Bradford Nordeen on what George Whitmore’s Nebraska means for the modern world. | Los Angeles Review of Books
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