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Midweek Links: Literary Links from Around the Web (August 19th)
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Looking for some interesting reading to get you through the week? Here are some literary links from around the web to check out:
President Obama’s vacation reading list includes Ta-Nehisi Coates, James Salter, and Anthony Doerr
What you can learn from “No!”: writer round-table on rejection
Chuck Wendig writes about SF books that prove humanity shouldn’t play god
How the FBI spied on James Baldwin
Some great books with fearless female leads
A group of writers rave about Lucia Berlin, the best writer you’ve never heard of
Renata Adler discusses becoming a culture icon late in life
A reader’s guide to horror master Stephen King
The Guardian thinks these are the 100 greatest English-language novels
