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TODAY: In 1926, Mikhail Bulgakov‘s novel The White Guard opens in a dramatic adaptation, The Days of the Turbins, at the Moscow Art Theatre.
- A guide to Cormac McCarthy’s literary influences, from Beowulf to Foucault. | Lit Hub Criticism
- “These men and women intended to be agents of history, wading into relentless currents to rudder the United States toward a far and brighter shore.” Aran Shetterly remembers anti-racist activists and the lead-up to the 1979 Greensboro Massacre. | Lit Hub History
- In which Maris Kreizman tackles the Great American Western (that would be Lonesome Dove). | Lit Hub Criticism
- “It insists on patience as it doles out its pleasures.” 5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week. | Book Marks
- “In writing, I have the time to consider my thoughts, figure out exactly what I want to say, and the best words to say it.” Why writers don’t always make great speakers. | Lit Hub Craft
- Samantha Greene Woodruff recommends work by Tom Wolfe, David Liss, Michael Lewis, and other novels that explore the complexities of the stock market. | Lit Hub Reading Lists
- “Behind the frosted glass of the door, the children’s green-blue silhouettes ring out, noisy and over-tired.” Read from Johannes Anyuru’s novel Ixelles, translated by Nichola Smalley. | Lit Hub Fiction
- Edwidge Danticat reflects on American violence and recalls witnessing a mass shooting hoax at a mall in Florida. | The Dial
- Molly Young lists all of her enemies (in alphabetical order). | The Paris Review
- As we approach the announcement of this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature, A.O. Scott wonders: “What good is greatness?” | The New York Times
- “I’ve come to understand the body as a depository of records—records of instinct, records of feeling and desire, etched in tissue and sinew, accrued over time.” Tan Tuck Ming on seeking answers about migraines. | The Yale Review
- What’s the point of epigraphs? Tajja Isen investigates. | The Walrus
- Charlie Dulik wonders what happens when the “tough on crime” news outlet can’t quit a criminal. | The Baffler
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