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

From "benevolent manipulation" to "relentless pursuit": How pop culture feeds us unhealthy and subtly violent love stories. The Atlantic
Zadie Smith's Swing Time seems to signal a "withdrawal from the hopefulness and extroversion of her early work" The Nation
A biography of a New York rich kid turned conservative reactionary...and no, his initials aren't DJT The Los Angeles Times
Anne Frank's diary was doctored and bowdlerized by a sexist editor The Establishment
Roald Dahl hosted a sci-fi/horror anthology TV series reminiscent of The Twilight Zone titled Way Out Atlas Obscura
In Javier Marías's Thus Bad Begins, the eavesdrops his way towards secrets from the Franco era NPR
Wei Tchou on reading poetry on Amtrak The Paris Review
Why Wole Soyinka might rip up his green card The Guardian
The joy, creativity and resilience of black girls surviving in the Jim Crow era Public Books

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