literary link love

I first read this post on readers’ reactions to rape victims in literature at The Rejectionist, but it made the rounds again a couple of weeks ago when it was republished at The Rumpus. Must read: Trigger Warning. Chicago Reader has a great profile of Howard Goldblatt, translator of Nobel-winning Chinese literature. The L.A. Times has aContinue reading “Literary Link Love”

Literary Link Love

The Atlantic examines why there are almost no obituaries for Sylvia Plath, while The Guardian talks about how she didn’t want to mother to know about The Bell Jar. Meanwhile, Brainpicker shares what happened on this day in 1956: Plath and Ted Hughes meet in “one of literary history’s steamiest encounters.” The New York Times profiles the “oracle” of the Strand BookContinue reading “Literary Link Love”

Literary Link Love

As usual, I’m kicking this off with my Junot obsession: Junot Díaz wrote a piece on why he loves Tokyo. Junot talks love, life, and heartbreak in New York Magazine. Perhaps my favorite Junot article to come of the This is How You Loser Her publicity blitz: his book recommendations! Annie Leibovitz did a photoContinue reading “Literary Link Love”

Literary Link Love

Using Emma Straub and Laura Lamont’s Life in Pictures as an example, Slate‘s Jason Silverman argues that the niceness of social media is killing literary criticism. Over at Salon, Roxanne Gay disagrees. Jane at Dear Author has gone through the seven stages of grief over 50 Shades of Grey and has now reached acceptance. Awesome. Fascinating: The New York Times gives usContinue reading “Literary Link Love”