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

Oliver Pötzsche: German Author Finds International Success on Amazon (The NY Times)
What It's Like to Write Crime Fiction in the Era of Black Lives Matter: Three successful crime writers share their thoughts. (Lit Hub)
Steinbeck Is An Influence — And A Character — In 'Monterey Bay': A review of Lindsay Hatton's debut novel, released yesterday. (NPR)
Why Poetry Is The Best Medium For Kids Who Want To Change The World: The 19th annual Brave New Voices festival unites young poets. (Huffington Post)
Why We're Post-Fact: A writer questions the world's current political values. (Granta)
The Age of Anxiety - On The Catcher in the Rye: "More than a story of rebellion, The Catcher in the Rye is about how repression metabolizes trauma into anxiety." (Hazlitt)
'The Girl On The Train' Is Shaping Up To Be One Of The Year's Buzziest Movies: Based on the popular novel by Paula Hawkins. (Huffington Post)
Reading and Writing My Way Through the AIDS Crisis: "Matthew Cheney Remembers the Books That Helped Him Survive" (Lit Hub)
PEN America and Jean Stein Partner Up to Launch a New Grant and a New Award (GalleyCat)

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