Ben Greenman, New Yorker editor, author, chart artist? The Observer explains.
The Chart Artist
Shame and Queerness
Garrard Conley, author of Boy Erased, writes on shame and queer identity. “Shame would give me the power to submit to almost anything.”
Fail Better
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Joan Didion: Model
Joan Didion: celebrated essayist and author, subject of upcoming crowd-funded documentary, style icon and model?
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“How enterprising of you”
A couple weeks ago, I recommended that budding Randians read this self-edifying excerpt, taken from Ayn Rand’s version of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Now, Rand has penned her own version of You’ve Got Mail, again kindly published by Mallory Ortberg.
Looking for Mr. Goodreads
TNR's Ruth Franklin test-drives a new online dating service that "purports to match people based on their taste in literature." Spoiler alert: Sebald lovers appear to be out of luck.
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The Girl With the Pigtails
Could it be for the best that Lisbeth Salander outlived her creator? Do writers own the rights to their own superstar characters, or do the rights belong to the readers? These questions and more are explored in a fascinating essay from The Atlantic. Here’s a Millions piece in which Pippi Longstocking is touted as Salander’s literary forebear.
Annie’s Pilgrimage
Annie Leibovitz discusses her new book Pilgrimage, and how the project became a journey of personal and artistic renewal.