Good evening literary fans. Here's some literary news and commentary to add to your weekend reading list.

In Colson Whitehead’s Latest, the Underground Railroad Is More Than a Metaphor: This work of speculative historical fiction reimagines the support network for runaway slaves as an actual railroad. (The New York Times)
Teju Cole talks to Taiye Selasi: ‘Afropolitan, American, African. Whatever’: The two novelists wax poetic about photography, being pigeonholed, and "traveling while black." (The Guardian)
What Etgar Keret Learned From His Father About Storytelling And Survival: The Israeli short story writer talks to NPR about his memoir of the years after the birth of his son and before the death of his father. (NPR)
Hair in War: On the role of women's hairstyles during the World War II war effort.(Catapult)
This Woman's Work: Jessica Winter's Break In Case of Emergency vividly depicts a soul-crushing office. (Bookforum)
Bridget Jones: New diary to be published in October: Bridget Jones' Baby: The Diaries will revisit the iconic character... and, no doubt, reveal who her baby's father is. (BBC)
A New Round of Classic Rewrites, From Austen to Brontë: A roundup of the best contemporary adaptations of English 101 staples by Curtis Sittenfeld and others. (TIME)

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