Lit Hub Daily: March 24, 2017
THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET
TODAY: In 1603, Queen Elizabeth I of England dies and is succeeded by King James VI of Scotland. Ben Jonson and Thomas Dekker collaborate on a pageant and Thomas Middleton writes a speech to welcome the new king.
- “Going through those notes was interesting, because they showed me a younger version of myself. That version was less interesting than I had hoped she was.” An interview with Joan Didion (conducted by Emma Roberts because sure, why not). | Belletrist
- A tour of the Merriam-Webster publishing house with lexicographer and author Kory Stamper, “very much part of the vanguard of word-nerd celebrities.” | The New York Times
- “Bluntly written, intellectually obtuse, and morally crass, Making It is a flawed book but also a brilliant one.” On Norman Podhoretz’s memoir, which will be brought back into print in honor of its 50th anniversary. | The New Republic
- God, she doesn’t play: A conversation between poet Ishion Hutchinson and novelist and essayist Teju Cole. | Work in Progress
- Anna Journey on navigating metaphors, writing as a process of discovery, and inhabiting an “Ovidian myth set in a hip, ethically sourced taxidermy studio.” | Electric Literature
- The argument for the novel’s demise has its own kind of ghoulish quality to it by now: On the perpetual perceived death of a genre. | Times Literary Supplement
- “Books and letters would bring a sense of freedom to a place like this, where everything is so rigid and unjust. But they are forbidden.” Six persecuted Turkish writers share their experiences. | The Guardian
Article continues after advertisement
Belletrist
Electric Literature
Lit Hub Daily
The Guardian
The New Republic
The New York Times
Times Literary Supplement
work in progress
Lit Hub Daily
The best of the literary Internet, every day, brought to you by Literary Hub.
