The Fortress of Solitude/Little Women connection

Plus, a new language in the DeafBlind community.

Dear book clubbers,   The discussion post for The Fortress of Solitude is now up! Meet me here to talk about genre mixing, cultural appropriation, and what Fortress has in common with Little Women. And don't forget to RSVP to our live event, coming soon! COMING UP NEXT Tuesday, May 31, 5 pm ET: Virtual live event with author Jonathan Lethem. Reader questions are encouraged!   THE LATEST IN BOOKS AT VOX At Vox's Recode, Whizy Kim interviewed Bill Gates about his new book, How to Prevent the Next Pandemic. NOTABLE BOOKS COVERAGE AROUND THE WEB Here's some of the best writing about books and related subjects published across the internet in the past two weeks. Inside Hook profiles Yahdon Israel, the founder of the Literary Swag book club and now an unlikely senior editor at Simon & Schuster.  At LitHub, Kate Eichhorn considers what it means to be an artist in a time when cultural capital comes from selling your life. Also at LitHub, five writers discuss the weird shame that comes with publishing a book. In the New Yorker, Andrew Leland explores the way the Protactile movement in the DeafBlind community is birthing a new language. At Vulture, Mimi Kramer considers what makes a great audiobook reader. Jumi Bello wrote a very beautiful essay explaining that she plagiarized part of her debut novel and pulled it from publication. Then the essay, too, was pulled: Pieces of it had also been plagiarized. At Plagiarism Today, Jonathan Bailey, the writer Bello pulled her sentences from, goes into what happened. At Smithsonian Magazine, Maris Kreizman has the history of the Library of Congress, democratic ideal.  In the Point, Tobi Haslett discusses the point of criticism, what makes a great sentence, and the vulgarity of "the neo-aestheticist boredom with social critique."   Happy reading, Constance This email was sent to edwardlorilla1986.paxforex@blogger.com. Manage your email preferences or unsubscribe. If you value Vox's unique explanatory journalism, support our work with a one-time or recurring contribution.   View our Privacy Notice and our Terms of Service.   Vox Media, 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, Floor 12, Washington, DC 20036. Copyright © 2022. All rights reserved.