Over at Full Stop, Josephine Livingstone writes about Eileen Myles’s hip image and the renewed success of Chelsea Girls. Also check out Stephanie LaCava’s Millions essay on how social media helped to push Myles’s book into the mainstream.
Bold and Messy
Sourcing ‘The Hobbit’
In an essay for The Guardian, John Garth identifies an interesting source for parts of Tolkien's The Hobbit: Native American lore.
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Made-Up Awards
When Mark O'Connell asked why we care about literary awards, he probably didn't imagine the situation in China.
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I Mean, Why Not?
Two minutes of gorgeous West Indian manatee footage, and you'd better believe I'm linking to it.
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Sounds Dear
The Guardian posted a short story from Alice Munro’s new collection.
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The Dead and the Pre-Dead
"For obit writers, the whole world is necessarily divided into the dead and the pre-dead. That’s all there is." The Paris Review interviews Margalit Fox, a senior writer for The New York Times, on the complicated art of obituaries.
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Digital Textbook Rentals
Amazon is going to start allowing Kindle users to "rent" textbooks. The best part? You can keep your notes after the book is returned.
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