THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET TODAY: In 2006, journalist, author, and activist Jane Jacobs dies. Caroline Bicks unearths the word “clitter” and other wild discoveries while reading the first draft of Stephen King’s Pet Sematary. | Lit Hub Criticism “Possibly the greatest lesson I got from the zine is that writing is about community.” How…
THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET TODAY: In 1947, Willa Cather dies. How early aughts “women’s fiction” helped Sarah Vacchiano survive divorce. | Lit Hub Craft Geneen Roth explores the torture of diet culture and power of learning to live in (and love) her body. | Lit Hub Memoir “I like art that preserves the…
Shorouk Express This week’s video of the man stooping to light his cigarette at the Unknown Soldier War Memorial in Paris sparked outrage and was widely shared on the internet. Retailleau blasted the man’s actions as “indecent and pathetic,” while Veterans and Remembrance Minister Patricia Miralles wrote online that “France will never let anyone tarnish…
