TODAY: In 1964, Grace Metalious, writer of the novel Peyton Place, dies. 

• “The nation’s founding doc is nothing if not an try to persuade the world of a doubtful conspiracy concept.” Andrea Lawler traces an American historical past of conspiracy. | Lit Hub Historical past
• Allison Epstein explores the advantages of writing basic lit fan fiction. | Lit Hub Craft
• This week brings new books by Paul Lisicky, Omar El Akkad, Riley Black, and extra! | Lit Hub Studying Lists
• Dan Sheehan talks to Omar El-Akkad about genocide, Gaza, and the complicity of Western liberals. | Lit Hub In Dialog
• Wendy Chen considers what translating Li Qingzhao taught her about her personal work: “There was a seductive magic to the method of translation; it felt like a communion that transcended time and house.” | Lit Hub On Translation
• Do that recipe for pistachio kulfi, impressed by Asha Thanki’s A Thousand Occasions Earlier than. | Lit Hub Meals
• “As soon as part of our surprisingly vibrant literary scene, Chabon each will get Pittsburgh and her writers, respecting us sufficient to softly mock.” Ed Simon displays on Surprise Boys after 30 years. | Lit Hub Criticism
• Ada Calhoun argues in reward of the oft-maligned ebook blurb. | Lit Hub Craft
• “I’ve stopped writing for a bit. It’s darkish now.” Learn from Sophie Madeline Dess’s novel, What You Make of Me. | Lit Hub Fiction
• Joseph Cox on discovering a slop writer promoting an AI rip-off of his ebook. | 404 Media
• “Was I shocked when Mr. Gorey wrote me again? I don’t recollect, however most likely not.” Cynthia Rose remembers corresponding with Edward Gorey. | The Comics Journal
• Michael Cunningham revisits Annie Proulx’s “Brokeback Mountain:” “I’m wondering typically if most nice love tales aren’t additionally ghost tales…” | The New Yorker
• “Maybe when a neurotypical reads Comfort Retailer Girl, they’re experiencing what an autistic particular person seems like studying fiction more often than not—and that’s not a foul factor.” Clare Richards on the importance of disabled writers and translators presenting their neighborhood on their very own phrases. | Phrases With out Borders
• A transient historical past of the ebook ladder. | Slate
• “A unclean, rotten conflict is unfolding earlier than my eyes. The world is beginning to get used to it. I can’t get used to it.” Hari Kunzru interviews László Krasznahorkai. | The Yale Evaluate

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