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

"The David Foster Wallace Disease": why living in one of the greatest literary minds may not be as fun as it sounds Hazlitt
The Light of the World: Kimberley Drew talks to Elizabeth Alexander about her new memoir, self-care and not "wallowing in nostalgia" Lenny
Joan Didion's legacy of drifters: a new generation of wayward daughters emerges Lit Hub
Election night: as the results came in, Rebekah Frumkin was busy digging for old Coke bottles in the woods of Cleveland Catapult
What to read while you sip: the best books to pair with a warm cup of tea Read It Forward
Fake news, real books: a reading list for understanding the media today Book Riot
New translations by Radwa Ashour: anglophones can now read two stories from the Egyptian writer's 1990 collection, I Saw the Date Palms Arablit

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