Lit Hub Daily April 26, 2021
TODAY: In 1888, screenwriter and author Anita Loos, best known for her 1925 novel Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, is born.
“Here, at last, was a quarantine-era home project, that I had the know-how, the means, and apparently the enthusiasm to take on.” Kate Guadagnino on finding solace in restoring a childhood dollhouse. | Lit Hub Life in a Pandemic
Pip Williams reflects on the women written out of the Oxford English Dictionary’s origin story. | Lit Hub History
“How long can an albatross live with a green toothbrush stuck in its gullet?” Allison Cobb on the slow death-by-plastic of an ancient species. | Lit Hub Nature
Remembering one of the first woman-owned bookshops in America, which Publishers Weekly, in 1916, called “something old-worldly, yet startlingly new.” | Lit Hub Bookstores
Your week in virtual book events, including a Dolly Parton concert! | Lit Hub
WATCH: Brandon Taylor in conversation with Japanese Breakfast, a preview from the Mission Creek Festival, streaming this week. | Lit Hub
Beyond Socrates: Tom Whyman recommends books that explore philosophy through fiction and autobiography. | Lit Hub Reading Lists
“Once again Mrs. Woolf makes use of her remarkable method of characterization.” A 1927 review of Virginia Woolf’s novel To the Lighthouse. | Book Marks
“Hitchcock alone bears responsibility for his acts of predation, though his behavior was thoroughly facilitated and normalized by the culture.” Edward White looks at the director’s treatment of women. | Lit Hub Film 
“Why should justice and equality be contingent on a parading of wounds?” Katherine Angel on what happens when women write about their pain. | Aeon
Create a biodiverse oasis, even in a concrete jungle: Jeff VanderMeer offers a guide for rewilding a balcony. | Esquire
“Bailey is the story now, but Roth still looms over it all. This fiasco has tendrils reaching into every level of media and publishing.” Jo Livingstone considers the industry-wide implications of the allegations against Blake Bailey. | The New Republic
Listen to a podcast interview with Rachel Kusher, wherein she discusses her career-spanning collection of 19 essays, The Hard Crowd. | Bookworm
“Lolita doesn’t create the abusive sexist culture; it celebrates and beautifies it under the label of deathless romance.” Susan Choi on Lolita, the 1997 film and the Nabokov novel. | The Common
A rediscovered essay by Raymond Chandler, comprising a set of instructions to his secretary, shows a “more personal and lighthearted” side to the writer. | Los Angeles Times
On board a Mediterranean cruise, the late Jan Morris observed passengers “were united in toughness, in resolution, and in enthusiasm.” | The Paris Review
NEW ON LIT HUB RADIO
How Djuna Barnes joined the Lost Generation, on The History of Literature. * Patricia Engel talks to Brad Listi about the importance of notebooks * Nalini Singh on the unnecessary divide between literary and genre fiction, on First Draft. * Take an immersive listening journey into the Hoh Rainforest with acoustic ecologist Gordon Hempton, on Emergence Magazine. * Vanessa O’Brien lays out the responsibility of the mountaineer
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