TODAY: In 1921, Patricia Highsmith is born.
- “Every generation absorbs a world view they can’t see beyond.” The Philips—Pullman and Goff—talk about the deeper meaning (or lack thereof) of the universe with Nigel Warburton. | Lit Hub
- “It’s hard to imagine a group of businessmen aggressively lobbying against the physics curriculum at MIT.” On the outsize influence of economic theory. | Lit Hub Politics
- On fiction as a mode of inquiry: Mary Lane Potter considers stories by Clarice Lispector, Kevin McIlvoy, and Alva Noë. | Lit Hub Criticism
- Jami Attenberg on writing a book 1,000 words at a time. | Lit Hub Craft
- “The Houses of Your Village Have Eyes.” A Poem by Irma Pineda, in three languages: English, Spanish, and Zapotec. | Lit Hub Poetry
- “Poor Deer has tucked herself miserably back in her dim corner of room 127.” Read from Clare Oshetsky’s novel, Poor Deer. | Lit Hub Fiction
- Marie-Helene Bertino’s Beautyland, Susan Muaddi Darraj’s Behind You Is the Sea, and Rebecca Boyle’s Our Moon all feature among the Best Reviewed Books of the Week. | Book Marks
- A tale of two literary icons: Greg Gerke considers Cormac McCarthy and Louise Glück. | Cleveland Review of Books
- “Great literature, like lifting, makes a claim on one’s life that one has to contend with. Raskolnikov, put another way, could have benefitted from ‘Can’t Get Big Biceps? Just Do THIS!!’” Jordan Castro on getting the pump. | Harper’s
- Two iconic LA bookstores—Vroman’s and Book Soup—are up for sale. | Los Angeles Times
- Moira Donegan on the life and death of 19th-century New York abortion provider Madame Resell. | The New Yorker
