Good evening readers. Here's your round-up of today's must-read literary news, commentary and fiction.

Vladimir Putin, Supervillain: the book All the Kremlin's Men attempts to deconstruct the myth of the Russian leader as a larger-than-life evil genius. Bookforum
Blaise Cendrars' Paris: why the modernist Swiss poet chose Paris as his adopted home. Lithub
Jane Austen's continued relevance: A geographic detail in the novelist's work is disputed as millions of British taxpayer pounds hang in the balance. Electric Literature
No Future: Maggie Nelson, Hanya Yanagihara, and why the future will be queer or will not be at all Los Angeles Review of Books
Hillbilly Elegy: the book some liberals have touted as a primer on the "White Working Class" relies on noxious racial myths. The New Inquiry
Ivanka and The Trump Card: The First Daughter has always lent her father an air of elegance and gentility, but her book reveals her as a chip off the old block The New Yorker
Writing to Save a Life: In his latest book, John Edgar Wideman writes about the fate of Emmett Till's father and the condition of all black fathers and sons in America. The Nation
2016's Word of the Year: According to Dictionary.com, it's "Xenophobia" Buzzfeed
Cosmopolitanism and Patriotism: Why we'll need both to save the world Asymptote

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