TODAY: In 1911, Chinese playwright, author, and translator Yang Jiang is born.

• Anika Burgess explores daguerreotypes, darkrooms, and the 19th century inventions that made photography possible. | Lit Hub Technology
• Ben Brooks recommends books featuring characters who redistribute their wealth by Dave Eggers, Neel Mukherjee, Ann Napolitano and more. | Lit Hub Reading Lists
• Ocean Vuong’s new novel “treats its characters like hogs to the slaughter.” 5 book reviews you need to read this week. | Book Marks
• “Like liberty, patriotism required a fire to sustain it. But fire needs fuel, and this is what the revolutionary creatives provided.” On the artists who joined the fight for American independence. | Lit Hub History
• “Every time I woke up, someone died. Usually my girlfriend, Lavender, or my dad, or my boss.” Read from Kerry Cullen’s new novel, House of Beth. | Lit Hub Fiction
• Lydia Aikenhead on the idea that “a book contains, represents, or allows access to a physical space.” | The Met
• Peter Milne Greiner revisits Ursula K. Le Guin’s forgotten YA trilogy, The Annals of the Western Shore. | Reactor
• Vinson Cunningham close-reads the promises of A.I. commercials. | The New Yorker
• “Cellblocks full of people who killed or hurt or robbed are watching real-life murders, kidnappings and robberies for entertainment.” John J. Lennon on consuming true crime in prison. | The New York Times Magazine
• André Naffis-Sahely considers Yannis Ritsos’s poetry of Greekness. | Poetry
• The WIT Literary Festival has announced its 2025 lineup, including conversations with Hanif Abdurraqi, Torrey Peters, and more! | The Author’s Guild

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