Lit Hub Daily: Why Everyone Should Read the Great Karen Tei Yamashita
Lit Hub Daily September 17, 2021
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“Yamashita paints a picture of America in perhaps the only way it can be accurately portrayed.” Why everyone should read Karen Tei Yamashita, and where to start. | Lit Hub Criticism
Who was Herman Mankiewicz before Hollywood? Nick Davis on the iconic screenwriter’s years in publishing and (surprising) early ambitions. | Lit Hub
How Chaucer’s tales gave readers “a new notion of human existence.” | Lit Hub
Eric Foner considers the ongoingness of Reconstruction-era questions and consequences in America. | Lit Hub History
“The choices I make between science and art, between atoms and stories, are as vacillating and tentative as they have ever been.” Linda Rui Feng on going from exobiology and geology to… writing fiction. | Lit Hub
INTERVIEW WITH AN INDIE PRESS: After Hours Editions founders Sarah Jean Grimm and Eric Amling on the “slow burn” of publishing poetry. | Lit Hub
Gina Frangello, Anjali Enjeti, Sam Cohen, Chet’la Sebree, and Marisa Siegel talk about reinvention in writing and in life. | Lit Hub
Colson Whitehead’s Harlem Shuffle, Joy Williams’s Harrow, and Mary Roach’s Fuzz feature among the Best Reviewed Books of the Week. | Book Marks
WATCH: William M. Arkin on how the US government failed its citizens on 9/11 · Peter Baker and Susan Glasser on the man who ran Washington. | Lit Hub Virtual Book Channel “I think restraint is an undervalued form of freedom.” Maggie Nelson discusses the different forms of freedom, her new book, and advice for writers. | The Creative Independent
Who needs a union? Eve Livingston makes the case for collectives. | VICE
Are we experiencing “the golden age of trans literature,” or are we simply “applauding politely at its existence”? | Xtra Magazine
Anatomy of a Christian publishing scandal: On the uproar over the God Bless the USA Bible. | Slate
Supply chains are a major problem for publishers right now, and they're likely to continue for the rest of the year. | Quartz
Leila Slimani talks about her new novel, identity, and the question of freedom. | NPR Code Switch
“I also know it can all come crashing down, so I keep working and trying not to coast.” Colson Whitehead on thinking about success. | Entertainment Weekly
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