Tao Lin in the News

In an interview with Spiegel, Günter Grass talks about writing after the Nobel Prize, his involvement with Hitler Youth, the e-book movement, and his “declaration of love” to the Brothers Grimm. (via Bookslut)

With the US Postal Service facing massive cuts to its budget, Saturday delivery may soon become a thing of the past. Print publications are bracing themselves for this possibility.

We celebrated Canada Day a bit early here yesterday with the news that Alice Munro won the Nobel Prize for Literature and our review of Margaret Atwood’s MaddAddam. So what is Canadian literature exactly? Atwood offered her definition for The Daily Beast: “It’s too multiple [to give a concise definition], but let us say that the point of view (if the writer is not pretending to be American, which they often are) is never that of someone who feels that their country is an imperial power. Because, in fact, Canada is not an imperial power.” You can also see The Handmaid’s Tale at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet next week.

Recommended Reading: Sophie Atkinson on Frank Ocean as Emersonian hero.