🌻 I am stained with light and I have no shame
Annell López on the Newark of her imagination, Mark Cecil on the art of narrative structure, and more
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hi there,
here's what’s new:
▶️ on the podcast: a conversation with annell lópez, author of the award-winning debut story collection i’ll give you a reason, available from the feminist press.
▶️ on the podcast: a new ‘craftwork’ episode called ‘how to structure a novel.’ a conversation with mark cecil, author of the debut novel bunyan and henry, available from pantheon books.
▶️ on the podcast: a flashback to episode 377. karolina waclawiak on beverly hills, headhunters, money, helping, the believer, being a creative person, tangerine, hollywood, the walk of fame, and do it yourself.
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1. zoe guy on the collapse of this year’s PEN america literary awards.
2. kyle chayka on byung-chul han, the internet’s new favorite philosopher.
3. adrienne westenfeld on the rise of literary travel.
4. emily barr writes about her brother, philip seymour hoffman, for the paris review.
5. jonathan haidt wants you to take away your kid’s phone. david remnick explains.
6. daniel bessner on the life and death of hollywood, and the existential threats facing film and television writers.
7. aatish taseer on why all artists remain perpetual beginners.
8. aaron boorstein on an overdue book that was returned to a colorado library after 105 years. (the fine, which totaled over $14,000, was waived.)
9. molly young on the book conservation lab at the metropolitan museum of art.
10. lise olsen on the texas literary website that nearly closed this year—before one of its readers saved it.
this month the book club is reading my documents, the landmark first story collection by alejandro zambra. in these unforgettable stories—which span religion, romance, technology, soccer, solitude, and more—alejandro zambra unfolds a radical literary reflection on life, relationships, and the tender and brutal dimensions of masculinity in chile from the 1980s to the present. intimate and playful, provocative and profound, and brilliantly rendered by national book award-winning translator megan mcdowell, my documents is a testament to the necessity of literature even—and especially—in times of political and personal crisis. available from penguin books.
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oh man, that quote of the week is... good. thanks for the great newsletter, brad!