Thursday, June 14, 2018

BOOKS: Shakespeare, Steven King and Sex WITH a Convenience Store...

Here are some of the best articles about books and literature I've read this week. Enjoy:

A discussion of a judge's use of Shakespeare quotes in a legal decision: https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2018/06/when-hamlet-starts-showing-up-in-federal-court/562703/

A discussion of what it means to be "literature" or "literary" through the lens of Steven King's success (whose books I must admit to having never read, but I'm intrigued by him none the less, and love the thesis of this article):
https://lithub.com/stephen-king-master-of-almost-all-the-genres-except-literary/

A beautiful love-letter to a convenience store with which the author has perhaps a slightly too intimate relationship: https://lithub.com/sayaka-muratas-love-letter-to-a-convenience-store/

A revealing, important, and necessary discussion of the perceptions and interactions of white readers and writers with authors from the non-dominant culture and their work: https://electricliterature.com/im-not-here-to-play-the-suffering-minority-for-white-readers-b1be483f046e

What are you reading this week? Post in the comments below.

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