Books & Culture
Midweek Links: Literary Links from Around the Web (June 3rd)
Looking for some interesting reading to get you through hump day? Here are some literary links from around the web to check out:
Jonathan Russell Clark looks at the history of the footnote
SF author Jeff VanderMeer and Living Colour Guitarist Vernon Reid chat about genre
Parul Sehgal on contemporary authors creating new narratives from motherhood
Thankfully, it is still legal to read Of Mice and Men in Idaho
Science Fiction legend Ursula K. Le Guin really wants you to stop buying books from Amazon
It’s possible to learn to love Ben Lerner
At least one novelist feels bad about opposing Charlie Hebdo’s PEN award (our coverage of that controversy here)
Lots of famous authors tell the NY Times how much Judy Blume meant to them
Lastly, here is an excerpt from Jonathan Franzen’s latest novel, Purity (have you seen the covers?)
