Hero of a Cult of One: On Loving Cormac McCarthy’s Early Work
Jason K. Friedman Considers the Enduring Creative Influence of a Now-Beloved American Writer
https://lithub.com/hero-of-a-cult-of-one-on-loving-cormac-mccarthys-early-work/
#authors
N. Scott Momaday, The Art of Poetry No. 112
https://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/7957/the-art-of-poetry-no-112-n-scott-momaday
N. Scott Momaday, Pulitzer Prize winner and giant of Native American literature, dead at 89
https://apnews.com/article/native-writer-scott-momaday-dead-1b6690dfa0bb11eda12f3c219cee77e8
English Wikipedia Article of the Day
W. Somerset Maugham - Wikipedia
Sadly, my first and only experience with the man was Of Human Bondage, which I would have preferred someone prying up my fingernails than having to actually finish reading that book.
But hey... that's just my very subjective viewpoint. Many of you may love the man and his art. I may be of a different opinion if my first connection with him were one of his other stories.
#Fiction #Reading #Authors #Somerset_Maugham #Biography #Wikipedia
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Motherhood and the Moon: On Liminal States of Change and Uncertainty
Rebecca Boyle Finds Solace in Lunar Metaphysics
https://lithub.com/motherhood-and-the-moon-on-liminal-states-of-change-and-uncertainty/
“A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom. He has no master except his own soul and that, I am sure, is why he does it.”
–ROALD DAHL
https://link.lithub.com/view/602ea77d180f243d6532f731k8phj.anq/5eb76d49
Author Discussion on Free Expression
Authors Roxane Gay and Luis Alberto Urrea talked about the threats they perceive to free expression in America. This event was part of the 2023 Texas Book Festival in Austin.
#video #freespeech #roxanegay #luisalbertourrea #authors #cspan
https://www.c-span.org/video/?531558-7/author-discussion-free-expression
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Tim O'Brien takes the Lit Hub questionnaire
https://lithub.com/tim-obrien-on-letting-the-world-decide-what-hell-read-next
After thirty-five years, The Gettysburg Review, Gettysburg College’s quarterly literary magazine, is ceasing publication. We encourage everyone to continue to read and SUBSCRIBE to literary magazines and journals, where you can find great pieces like this essay on time in life and in fiction (The Gettysburg Review), an essay on passing in America (New England Review), Héctor Tobar on California smog (ZYZZYVA), a piece on personal and environmental grief (Conjunctions), a story by Morgan Tatly (TriQuarterly), a conversation between Margaret Atwood and Rebecca Solnit (Orion), fiction from Christine Schutt (NOON), and this essay on whale dildos (The Common). SUPPORT LIT MAGS, SUPPORT LITERARY CULTURE!
https://twitter.com/GburgReview/status/1709557701737316407
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Khaled Hosseini on the 20th Anniversary of The Kite Runner
https://lithub.com/khaled-hossein-on-the-20th-anniversary-of-the-kite-runner/
Lydia Davis Interview
https://lithub.com/if-lydia-davis-wasnt-a-writer-shed-devote-herself-to-climate-activism
TODAY: In 1959, The Twilight Zone premieres on CBS, introducing the non-reading masses to the work of Richard Matheson.
This is probably a good halloween story :) :) :)
https://espritsf.fr/wp-content/uploads/Matheson-Richard-Born-of-Man-and-Woman.pdf
The Man Who Invented Fantasy
All those wizards, ogres, and barely-clad elf queens in the bookstore? You have Lester del Rey to thank.
https://slate.com/culture/2023/10/lester-del-rey-invention-fantasy-book-publishing.html
