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

Chimamanda Adichie On Melania Trump, Michelle Obama, and Writing Across Culture (Flavorwire)
On the Politics of Europe's New Literary Superstars: A new generation of writers is "reinventing political literature." (LitHub)
The Improbable Life and Prescient Poetry of Basil Bunting (The New Yorker)
Colson Whitehead on Slavery, Success, and Writing the Novel That Really Scared Him (The NY Times)
Girl on the Train carries Paula Hawkins into list of world's richest authors: And Forbes’s highest-paid authors in 2016. (The Guardian)
In defense of Rudyard Kipling and The Jungle Books: An argument on behalf of the controversial writer. (The Washington Post)
Crash Course Video on Sonnets Goes Viral: An analysis on Shakespeare's sonnets from author John Green. (GalleyCat)
'New' old books: the irresistible charm of authors' lost works: Forthcoming 'new' books of 2016. (The Guardian)
5 Lessons in Civic Responsibility We Can Learn From Shirin Ebadi: Wisdom from a writer and Nobel Peace prize recipient. (Book Riot)

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