Lost in the subject matter: Gerald Murnane rereads his first novel, Tamarisk Road, nearly 50 years later. | Lit Hub
Why Twitter loves James Baldwin (and whether that’s a good thing). | Lit Hub
A quiet reply to a life cut short: Elisha Cooper on coming to terms with what killed his brother. | Lit Hub Memoir
When Anna Wintour wore Prada to an early screening of The Devil Wears Prada. | Lit Hub Biography
Colin Barrett’s Homesickness, Ali Smith’s Companion Piece, and Monica Ali’s Love Marriage all feature among the Best Reviewed Books of the Week. | Book Marks
Joshua Prager highlights ten books on the history of the debate over abortion in the United States. | The New York Times
What dinner will look like in 100 years, according to sci-fi authors. | Bon Appetit
“The reality is that women aren’t killed by time-traveling serial killers; it’s our loved ones killing us.” Lauren Beukes discusses the television adaptation of her novel The Shining Girls. | Esquire
“I think it’s time for me to get off this stage.” Don Winslow on why he’s decided to retire from writing and focus on advocacy work. | PBS NewsHour Weekend
Hundreds of libraries across the country are offering free seeds and gardening education to help alleviate food insecurity. | Eater
Hannah Natanson dives into the “banned book clubs” that teenagers are creating to resist book-banning policies. | The Washington Post
Why don’t new revelations in political books come out sooner? | Business Insider
“Hope without action is willful denial.” Rebecca Scherm on the climate crisis and writing about the near future. | Los Angeles Review of Books
“I’m totally fascinated by the scolding relationship that culture has to daydreaming—and even the ways I’ve internalized some of that scolding.” Leslie Jamison and Heather Havrilesky discuss alternative lives. | Ask Polly
The story behind Albuquerque’s Red Planet, the world’s only Native comic book shop. | The Nation
Maayan Silver talks to Cree Myles, who created the Instagram @allwaysblack “to celebrate Black writers and the readers who love them.” | NPR
Catherine Halley on the history of the New York School poets. | JSTOR Daily
Kim Kelly looks into the many ways in which the publishing industry mistreats workers, and the recent wave of bookstore unions. | Teen Vogue
Herman Hesse reflects on chestnut trees. | The Paris Review
“I cannot consider death as anything but a removing from one room to another.” John Higgs on the last days of William Blake. | Lapham’s Quarterly
