Lit Hub Daily: April 18, 2023

Lit Hub Daily

Apr 18

TODAY: In 1947 (according to some), Kathy Acker is born.

Beyond little green men: The case for speculating about alien animals. | Lit Hub
24 new books to brighten up your April. | The Hub
Ramona Asubel talks to Jane Ciabattari about families, extinction, and gene-edited animals. | Lit Hub In Conversation
"Southern writers are tearing holes in the veils, recasting what's considered speakable." Katy Simpson Smith on writing a Southern woman louder than herself. | Lit Hub
Valerie Fridland considers My Cousin Vinny, the Queen's English, and the clash of class culture in the social world of language. | Lit Hub History
"Among the journalists, there was a sense of claustrophobic mania, of being on the brink, even before the profound disappointment of the tarot session." Lauren Oyler (begrudgingly) goes on the Goop cruise. | Harper's Magazine
Seventy years after John Steinbeck visited Le Sirenuse, the Amalfi Coast hotel continues beckoning literary types with a springtime writers' retreat. | Air Mail
Automatic e-book updates are a reminder that you don't really own your digital media. | The New York Times

Also on Lit Hub: Molly Prentiss on trading chaos for quiet in hopes of writing • A reading list of provocative feminist history • Read from Stephen Buoro's debut novel, The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa

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