TODAY: In 1997, J. K. Rowlingâs first Harry Potter novel, Harry Potter and the Philosopherâs Stone, is published in London.
Yes, we do need an erotic novel of consumer goods right now⊠and itâs called Class. | Literary Hub
John Winters: I bought Sam Shepardâs clothes off the Internet for âresearch.â | Literary Hub
Sometimes, the only way to go home is to write about it: in conversation with Melissa Scholes Young. | Literary Hub
The best-reviewed books of the week, from a new collection by a contemporary master of storytelling to a biography of Toscanini. | Book Marks
âIn the furry, marmalade-encrusted figure of Paddington, [Michael] Bond provided an enduring object of sympathy, and offered an embodiment of the struggles that a new arrival to any land faces.â On Paddingtonâs immigrant story. | The New Yorker
We wept to be reminded of such color: Two poems by Tracy K. Smith. | The Nation
Idiosyncratic and biased, obfuscatory and boastful, even unctuous and vain: On the guilty pleasure of reading Hollywood memoirs. | Los Angeles Times
Rosecrans Baldwin recommends works of New England noir, from Ethan Frometo Orson Wellesâs The Stranger. | Work in Progress
The best American fiction has always been regional: Creating a literary map of America. | Granta
âBudgets cuts have shuttered more than 100 libraries across Britain already, and hundreds more are scheduled for execution.â On the impact of austerity on British libraries. | The Millions
âIt didnât occur to me to write essays, even though the essay was the form I most loved to read, because I thought you had to be Joan Didion or Zadie Smith or Barbara Kingsolver.â Mandy Len Catron on her path to publishing an essay collection. | Powellâs Books
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