Good evening readers. Here's your round-up of today's must-read literary news, commentary and fiction.

Rahawa Haile hiked the Appalachian trail, sustained along the way by Black literature Buzzfeed Reader
Multiculturalism and cross-pollination are "the lifeblood of art," writes poet and translator George Szirtes The Guardian
Walt Whitman's diet and exercise regimen prescriptions for "manly men" involve subsisting on red meat Broadly
Simon Goldhill's A Very Queer Family Indeed complicates modern ideas about sex and homosexuality in the Victorian era The Atlantic
Min Jin Lee's Pachinko is a wide-ranging, minutely observed novel about four generations of Korean immigrants to Japan The New York Times
James Baldwin should make you feel uncomfortable The Ringer
Jack London's last book was a different kind of adventure than his other work, exploring interstellar travel and solitary confinement The Public Domain Review

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