Good evening literary fans. Here's what we read today that we think you will enjoy.

American Playwrights Try to Reinvent The History Play: Artists from Oregon Shakespeare Festival rejuvenate Shakespeare's old model through 37 plays recording paradigm shift in American history (The New Yorker)
Drawn to the abyss: literature's fascination with homelessness. (The Guardian)
The Literary Battle for Nat Turner's Legacy: The subject of William Styron's The Confessions of Nat Turner is more than relevant than ever (Vanity Fair)
Is Fiction An Addiction? A child of alcoholic parents questions whether or not his addition to fiction is jeopardizing real life (Book Riot)
Among Strange Victims by Daniel Saldaña París. The Rumpus review of young Mexican writer Daniel Saldaña París's first novel published in the U.S. (The Rumpus)
On Name-Calling, Poetic Partner-In-Crime, And the Blues: Poets Cynthia Manick and Chialun Chang reveal why they don't identify themselves as poets? (Literary Hub)
'Textbook' Tries To Extend Kid-Lit Playfulness To Adult Reading: Author Amy Krouse Rosenthal expands children literature to adult world. (NPR Books)

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