The Literary Link List

Links to pieces, old and new, on literature:  

• The Nobel Prize in Literature goes to Mo Yan.  Have you read any of his work?  I'm intrigued by the notion of "hallucinatory realism."  (via NPR).
• The National Book Award finalists have been revealed!  Congrats to two of my all-time favorite authors, Dave Eggers and Junot Diaz!! (via Publishers Weekly) Also, check out the coverage over at The Millions (they've got excerpts!)
• Newsflash:  Democrats are three times more likely to have read Jonathan Franzen novels.  In related news, fire is hot.  Check out this fun infographic over at Book Riot.
• Precious Moments Grey.  Absolutely.  "Names of Nail Polishes My 74-year-old Grandma Barb Would Just Love" over at McSweeney's Internet Tendency.
• I just read this part in Joseph Anton!  Salman Rushdie Meets Super Mario over at The Millions

The Literary Link List

Links to pieces, old and new, on literature: 

• Classics and cocktails?  Yes, please!  Classic literature and the cocktails they inspired over at Flavorwire
• Pie chart!  The most popular Kurt Vonnegut tomes over at PWxyz
• BookRiot rounds up the best literary TED talks.  Elizabeth Gilbert on creativity was simply delightful!
• Ezra Pound on literary criticism over at Brain Pickings.
• I want to read this book!  Alexandra Popoff discusses her new book  The Wives: The Women Behind Russia's Literary Giants over at Publishers Weekly.

The Literary Link List

Links to pieces, old and new, on literature:  

• Betting on the Nobel Prize in Lit?  Head over to BookRiot and check out your favorite author's odds of winning.
• Darryl Campbell on what a book review should be over at The Millions
• Jeffrey Brown speaks with Tea Obreht over at PBS's Art Beat
• An interview with DT Max about his recent biography of DFW (which I need to own ASAP), also over at The Millions
• On sucking at reading challenges (which I can absolutely relate to, as I am currently biting-the-mat-on-the-verge-of-abandoning-altogether my 30 Before 30 personal literary bucket list due to total lack of self-control when it comes to new books) over at Dead White Guys

And now, James Dean reading.  Though he looks a lot like James Franco here.  Regardless, you're welcome.

The Literary Link List

Links to pieces, old and new, on literature:  

• The Literary Man gets meta with a portrait of Frida Kahlo...creating a portrait of Frida Kahlo
• Book Riot examines the anatomy of a library holds list
• The role of technology in contemporary-set fiction over at The Millions
• The Awl discusses the life of the late art critic, Robert Hughes
• NPR discusses the passing of Helen Gurley Brown, author of Sex and the Single Girl

The Literary Link List

Links to pieces, old and new, on literature:  

• Geoff Mak over at The Millions on Claire Vaye Watkins Battleborn
• Some famous rejection letters over at The Chicago Tribune
• Cover art for the paperback edition Adam Johnson's The Orphan Master's Son over at  Book Riot
• This is just amazing!  Law enforcement composite sketch software creates pictures of literary characters over at The Composites.
• Not sure what to read next?
• Also, all bookshelf porn.  All the time.

The Literary Link List

Links to pieces, old and new, on literature: 

• Awfully literal and just plain awful book covers over at PWxyz
• Also at PWxyz, The Metamorphosis as a pie chart
• David Haglund's take on Sheila Heti's How Should a Person Be? over at The New York Times Sunday Book Review
• Old news, but a piece on Gabriel Garcia Marquez's dementia over at The Guardian
• Zelda and Scott's Creative Communion over at Book Riot

The Literary Link List

Links to pieces, old and new, on literature:

• Das Kolumne: Show, Don't Tell over at Tin House
• Words About Words: 5 Essential Books on Language over at brain pickings
• "Fifty Shades" a Mother's Day Hit over at Publisher's Weekly (on a related note: EEEEEWWWWWW  Who in their right mind gives their mother BDSM erotica??????)
• Underground New York Public Library
• New Cover Alert: A Hologram for the King by Dave Eggers over at Book Riot

The Literary Link List

Links to pieces, old and new, on literature:

• The Most Cryptic Titles in Literature (And What They Mean) over at Flavorwire
• Nine Writers and Publicists Tell All About Readings and Book Tours over at The Awl 
• The Ultimate Guide to Writing Better Than You Normally Do over at McSweeney's Internet Tendency
• "Suicide is Preferable":  Ralph Waldo Emerson on Jane Austen over at Book Riot
• Even David Foster Wallace Nods over at The Millions ( I LOVE the back and forth in the comments over whether or not my beloved DFW did or did not use a not-right-enough word).