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- Read what is likely the first English language review of László Krasznahorkai, written by Andrew Ervin in 2001. | Lit Hub On Translation
- Hannah Bonner talks to director Nia DaCosta about Hedda, her adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s play: “The desire for power is this animal urge inside us, and if we were more capable to engage in our fallibility because we are animals I think we would probably be in a better place.” | Lit Hub Film
- Amid a government shutdown, Robert S. Levine examines why Trump can’t erase the abolitionist history of Harpers Ferry. | Lit Hub History
- Thomas Pynchon’s Shadow Ticket, Francesca Wade’s Gertrude Stein: An Afterlife, and John Banville’s Venetian Vespers all feature among the best reviewed books of the week. | Book Marks
- Marta Figlerowicz looks for lessons (and hope!) in the writing of Maria Janion. | Lit Hub Politics
- Robert Bartlett on why it’s a miracle that Beowulf survived the Middle Ages. | Lit Hub History
- “Learning how to write badly isn’t learning a new skill; it’s learning how to tell perfectionism that it can no longer control my creative endeavors.” Tawny Lara explains why it’s okay to embrace your trash first drafts. | Lit Hub Craft
- Gilbert King introduces the case of Leo Schofield, the guitarist accused of murdering his wife Michelle in 1987. | Lit Hub History
- “It’s even colder than I’d expected, a blow that knits my muscles together.” Read from Anbara Salam’s new novel, The Salvage. | Lit Hub Fiction
- David Berry breaks down the financial reality of writing a book without going entirely broke (and yes, it involves finding $100 outside the library). | The Walrus
- “We cannot stop from searching, no matter that, in the world according to Pynchon, there may be no master key to uncover.” Parul Sehgal on the world according to Pynchon. | The New York Times Magazine
- “Freedom of speech isn’t afforded to everybody in this country, especially if you’re Palestinian.” On the censorship of Palestinian children’s authors. | The Guardian
- Read from Joe Sacco’s accounts of a history of violence in Uttar Pradesh. | The New Yorker
- “No comedian is in danger of going to jail—or even taken off Netflix—for racist or homophobic material. Suggesting that Charlie Kirk’s killer voted for Trump? That’s another story.” A deep dive into the weird world of “anti-woke” comedy. | The Baffler
- Jack Hanson explores the pleasures of reading Jane Ellen Harrison. | Defector
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