Lit List: Monday July 11, 2016

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E.B. White (Source: Wikipedia)

E.B. White (Source: Wikipedia)

Good evening literary fans. Here's what we read today that you should too.

  • 12 Brief, Vigorous Quotes Honoring E.B. White's Classic Style: Celebrating the children's novelist and "writing guru," who would be 118 today. (Signature) 
  • Six Writers on the Genius of Marcel Proust: Contemporary writers provide their thoughts on Proust. (Lit Hub)
  • 2 Brilliantly Written Novels From Mexico Head Up A Wave Of Literary Talent: On Mexico's "explosion of literary talent." (NPR) 
  • Publishers Earned $28B in Revenues in 2015: The fluctuation of sales in the book and journal publishing industry.  (Lit Hub)
  • The Cain Prize: What It Is and Why It Matters: A look at the Caine Prize for African Writing.  (BookRiot) 
  • Literature in Castro’s Cuba: A photojournalist's past discussion with Fidel Castro about literature, arts, and culture. (The Paris Review) 
  • A Work of Fiction That Will Make You Feel Pleasantly Insane (The New Yorker)