TODAY: In 1951, The Catcher in the Rye is published by Little Brown and Company. -
"Fire, that trickster's loot, that gift from the gods, burned more than 4,000,000 acres of my home state last year—a number so vast it is mere abstraction." Lauren Markham and Jeff Frost on California's endless season of heat, for The Longest Year: 2020+ Project. | Lit Hub Photography -
Kristen Radtke on the process of translating her new graphic nonfiction book, Seek You, into an audiobook. | Lit Hub -
"Should you feel triumphant or ashamed? Guilty or full of the canary?" Literary icon William H. Gass on the conditions of adultery. | Lit Hub -
How a small French newspaper, in an effort to boost circulation, began the Tour de France. Now that's initiative! | Lit Hub History -
Kathryn Kolbert and Julie F. Kay investigate the anti-abortion movement's long game. | Lit Hub Politics -
#MeuPrimeiroAssedio: On the city council race that kicked off Brazil's #MeToo movement. | Lit Hub -
Beth Morgan recommends books about our monstrous fantasies, featuring Patricia Highsmith, Han Kang, and more. | Lit Hub Reading Lists -
Sunjeev Sahota's China Room, Matt Bell's Appleseed, Anuk Arudpragasam's A Passage North, and Kristen Radtke's Seek You all feature among the Best Reviewed Books of the Week. | Book Marks -
Megan Milks and Marisa Crawford discuss the legacy of The Baby-Sitters Club and their new anthology. | Los Angeles Review of Books Blog -
Beth Morgan unpacks the creative choices behind her debut novel, A Touch of Jen. | The Rumpus -
"The book was good. But who was Stokes Prickett, and how did this person get my parents' address?" Adam Dalva investigates the identity of a mysterious, pseudonymous author. | The New Yorker -
Read this oral history of a previously unreleased Prince album. | Rolling Stone -
Gitanjali Patel and Nariman Youssef discuss diversity, literary translation, and the power of stories. | Asymptote -
Will Shortz, the New York Times's crossword editor of almost three decades, looks back on his career. | The Guardian -
In praise of Laurie Colwin's sneakily subversive, morally ambiguous, and intensely delightful novels. | New York Times
Also on Lit Hub: Shiori Ito on her widely publicized sexual assault case and ensuing activism • Sylvain Tesson on channeling the serenity of the Tao to endure a Tibetan expedition • Read a new story from Daniel Lavery |
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