TODAY: In 1850, William Wordsworth dies.

• Julien C. Levy pits Lucia Berlin and. Raymond Carver head-to-head in a fight to determine who is the real patron saint of realism. | Lit Hub Criticism
• Lorna Gibb examines the seriousness of preserving the world’s most obscure (and endangered) languages. | Lit Hub History
• Susannah Cahalan traces the untold story of Rosemary Woodruff Leary, wife of Timothy Leary and an invisible icon of psychedelia. | Lit Hub Science
• Mary Annette Pember on the church-state collaboration that sought to erase Native American cultures and identities throughout the 19th century. | Lit Hub Religion
• Sisters Anne and Claire Berest on writing their novel, Gabriële, together: “Sharing the writing process in this way is incredibly enriching—we loved learning from each other.” | Lit Hub In Conversation
• “Surface, I have learned, might be okay. It might even be enough. It might be all there is.” Annie B. Jones on the beautiful simplicity of casual book club friendships. | Lit Hub Memoir
• Sisters Anne and Claire Berest on writing their novel, Gabriële, together: “Sharing the writing process in this way is incredibly enriching—we loved learning from each other.” | Lit Hub In Conversation
• “‘I still want a triangle in the front,’ said the guest. ‘I feel like the full Brazilian would make me look like I’m trying to pass as a prepubescent. You know?’” Read from Lydia Millet’s new story collection, Atavists. | Lit Hub Fiction
• Armand D’Angour investigates the identity of the woman who taught Socrates about the philosophy of love. | Aeon
• Henri Cole on masculinity, AIDS, and knowing James Merrill. | The Paris Review
• Abdelrahman ElGendy interviews Sarah Aziza about generational trauma, living between languages, and her new book as a “reckoning with longing.” | The Baffler
• “What I love most about the Gospel of Mary is how it ends: with an argument.” Eliza Griswold on Mary Magdalene. | The New Yorker
• Scaachi Koul recounts the strange experience of reading an A.I.-generated biography of… herself. | Slate
• Urvashi Bahuguna talks with Rajiv Mohabir about Indo-Caribbean music, translation, and poetry. | Words Without Borders

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