You Don’t Know Us Negroes by Zora Neale Hurston review – fearless and dazzling essays

The pioneering African American writer’s nonfiction pieces have a power, depth and courage that still resonate more than 60 years after her death. This was in the ‘Guardian’:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/feb/27/you-dont-know-us-negroes-by-zora-neale-hurston-review-fearless-and-dazzling-essays?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

 

The Drift Wants You to ‘Examine Your Ideas’

The lit mag of the moment, founded by two women in their 20s, isn’t afraid to say what’s on its mind. From the ‘Times’:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/26/style/the-drift-magazine.html?referringSource=articleShare

 

HOW TO READ MORE THAN EVERYONE ELSE, OR SEEM LIKE YOU DO. In ‘The New Yorker’:

https://apple.news/AAOnZhGl8QiCkc_22W1_Y4g

 

Where to start with: James Joyce

Always wanted to tackle the great Irish writer but not sure ‘Ulysses’ is for you? This handy primer may just help you find a way in. From the ‘Guardian’:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/feb/18/where-to-start-with-james-joyce?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

 

American Literature is a History of the Nation’s Libraries

Ilan Stavans on One of Democracy’s Bedrock Institutions

https://lithub.com/american-literature-is-a-history-of-the-nations-libraries/

 

‘Books by women still get treated differently from those by men’

After her controversial novel about motherhood, the Canadian author Sheila Heti has turned the spotlight on her father. She talks about grief, honesty – and her decision not to have children. In the ‘Guardian’:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/feb/12/sheila-heti-books-by-women-still-get-treated-differently-from-those-by-men?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

LAUREN GROFF ON CALIFORNIA AND FAIRY TALES

The author discusses “Annunciation,” her story from the latest issue of the ‘New Yorker’.

https://apple.news/A4ruyCWs4RUqEdvMz_TyaKA