Courtesy of fake-news juggernaut The Onion, a new viral website honest about its purpose: “I think we see the ideal ClickHole reader as a hollow shell who exists purely to click on our content and then share that content with other hollow shells.” (Also: the same technique on headlines, applied to books.)
A Fake News Site Makes Fake Fake News. You Won’t Stop Laughing At What Happens Next
A state of shock.
When a professor of literature wrote Flannery O'Connor for a master key for interpreting her story, "A Good Man is Hard to Find," he probably did not expect her particularly unimpressed reply: "Too much interpretation is certainly worse than too little, and where feeling for a story is absent, theory will not supply it." (Via the ever-excellent Letters of Note.)
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Tuesday New Release Day
Milan Kundera's new collection of essays, Encounter, is now out. And for those still trying to figure out Inception, the shooting script has been published.
A Very Long Conversation
“A good marriage is, I think, a very long conversation.” National Book Award finalist Lauren Groff discusses Fates and Furies at Lit Hub. We have an interview with the author to complement it.
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The Illest Brother
"Wherever you are...realize that your essence is divine, son / and let it shine, son." Peace to Guru Keith Elam, 1966 - 2010.
Give the Gift of Dalkey
It's that time of year again. Dalkey Archive's annual holiday sale is upon us. Grab 10 books for $65, or 20 books for $120 -- and that includes shipping!
Deaf Poets Society
The inaugural issue of Deaf Poets Society is out, featuring new "intersectional disability literature & art." For other recommended reading, don’t miss our Great Second-Half Book Preview.
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Annie’s Pilgrimage
Annie Leibovitz discusses her new book Pilgrimage, and how the project became a journey of personal and artistic renewal.