TODAY: In 1915, Jean Stafford is born.
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Reading Lists
We’re begging you to
let Maggie Gyllenhaal adapt The Bell Jar. | Lit Hub
Film
Why Soledad Acosta de Samper’s Dolores
is a unicorn to translators: “It is rare for a modern translator to have access to a version produced in the same period as the original work, and this access offers unique opportunities.” | Lit Hub
On Translation
What distinguishes American English from its counterpart across the pond?
Ed Simon explores Noah Webster’s dictionary. | Lit Hub
History
Jill Lepore looks towards the Vietnam-era to weigh a question of constitutional law:
Can American presidents declare war? | Lit Hub
Politics
The 13 best book covers from June make some bold choices you won’t forget. | Lit Hub
Design
If you appreciate fiction’s “wayward girls,”
try one of these books by Lisa Wingate, Ellen Marie Wiseman, Meagan Church, and more. | Lit Hub
Reading Lists
”Indeed, Dolores’ jet-black eyes and hair contrasted with her blushed complexion and her crimson lips.” Read from
Soledad Acosta de Samper’s Dolores, translated by Sara Abadía Alvarado. | Lit Hub
Fiction
“Most of a description goes unsaid rather than said; most everything is tossed into the pile of the unvarying, the uninteresting, the unremarkable.” Alfred Jung Lee considers
the powers and limits of description. | The Believer
Marco Bresciani remembers Carlo Ginzburg, anti-fascist pioneer of microhistory. | Jacobin
Damion Searls considers
translation through the multiple languages of Norway. | Granta
“Grossman showed the Soviet soldiers their own dignity, and his propaganda value would not be lost on the authorities.” Mathias Fuelling examines
the impact of Vasily Grossman’s writing, in the Soviet Union and beyond. | The Baffler
AI is coming for e-book lending. | The Verge
“Their focus is purely on engagement.” Lavender Au
explores the boom in microdramas among Chinese viewers. | The Dial
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