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TODAY: In 1956, playwright Arthur Miller marries Marilyn Monroe in White Plains, New York.
Jodhpurs, ponytails, and 14-karat charm bracelets: Alex Marzano-Lesnevich reflects on navigating the starkly gendered world of horseback riding. | Lit Hub
Come for the Dev Patel thirst-traps, stay for the “unsettling, glorious” interpretation of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. | Lit Hub Film
Why write climate crisis stories for kids? Authors weigh in on hope, reality, and where the power lies. | Lit Hub Climate Change
“Me and my beloved Frédéric.” How discovering Chopin saved American Beauty actor Mena Suvari. | Lit Hub Memoir
Bo McMillan considers gentrification narratives by white authors, which “fuel many of the exclusionary forces they claim to want removed.” | Lit Hub
Hua Hsu on Anthony Veasna So’s Afterparties, Alan Cumming on Stephen Sondheim, Jo Livingstone on Shirley Jackson’s letters, and more of the Reviews You Need to Read This Week. | Book Marks
Olivia Rutigliano takes a moment to tell you about Sneakers, the most charming, baffling caper flick of the 90s. | CrimeReads
A conversation about comics with Kristen Radtke, Mira Jacob, and Malaka Gharib · Patrick Wyman on the “great divergence” between Western Europe and the rest of the globe. | Lit Hub Virtual Book Channel
“To have a house means that you have a space in which you can retreat from society and create your own monastery or convent.” Sandra Cisneros on the importance of having a space of one’s own. | NPR Code Switch
Ilan Stavans and Priyanka Champaneri discuss the symbolism, cultural rituals, and anxieties associated with death. | Los Angeles Review of Books
On the history of the book blurb. | Book Riot
“We offer great rewards to a man who can tame a tiger … Yet we neglect women who have spent years and years nourishing and educating children.” On the writings of François Poulain, a 17th-century (feminist) priest. | The Atlantic
Emily Zarevich investigates the truths and myths behind Emily Brontë’s lost second novel. | JSTOR Daily
“I have always felt like an outsider to much of the culture I’ve loved.” Hanif Abdurraqib talks about writing from the Midwest. | Indianapolis Monthly
French teenagers are buying comic books in huge numbers after receiving funds from the government for cultural purchases. | The New York Times
Also on Lit Hub: Sally Cabot Gunning on the creative relationship between writers and visual artists • A poem by Georges Schehadé, translated by Austin Carder • Read from Ha Jin’s latest novel, A Song Everlasting
