The Great Gatsby: Jordan Baker, the novel's golf champion, rumored to cheat, was modeled on real 1920s star Edith Cummings - except there's no record she cheated. Fitzgerald invented it. This new edition of Gatsby unpacks her in essay "The Fairway Flapper."⛳#golf #women #USOpen a.co/d/0dGRoIU6

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"What Erwin Schrödinger said about the Upanishads" > science.thewire.in/society/h… by @VirajZero via @TheWireScience #VOF #ValleyofFlowers #QuantumEntanglement

The Great Gatsby conveys grand themes and fine descriptions. But what makes it a Great American Novel? It’s really short | @aldaily #literary #literature #humanities #books via @the_point_mag > thepointmag.com/criticism/am… #writing

Herman Melville: He wrote most of Moby Dick on land in a valley on a farm in a house a-dither w/ his wife his sisters his mother, a family man’s Walden > is.gd/jht9Hz | #literature #books #writing #humanities #literary via @NewYorker

'In his work William Faulkner could not escape Civil War’s aftermath or its meaning. Neither can we.' via @TheAtlantic #humanities #writing #books #literary #literature > theatlantic.com/magazine/arc…

'While less famous now, I think life of poet, publisher & playboy Harry Crosby actually personified the period best' via @thedailybeast > t.ly/seOr #books #literary #writing #literature #humanities

Almost from the time Wuthering Heights was published, a vocal minority argued that Emily Brontë can't be the true author. Now that theory has been tested @aldaily > t.ly/vGNL @IrishTimesCultr #books #writing #humanities #literature #literary

At his best, T.S. Eliot said a lot by saying relatively lil. Unfortunately he was not always, or even often, at his best @aldaily > t.ly/RNUV via @aminterest #poetry #literature #books #literary #humanities

Kafka's journal Aug 1914: 'Germany has declared war on Russia - went swimming in the afternoon' #books #humanities #literature #literary via @olmonthly > t.ly/g7ny

After years of correspondence Thomas Wentworth Higginson finally met Emily Dickinson, who promptly unleashed - in a torrent - a #literary manifesto | @aldaily #books #literature #humanities #poetry #writing @TheAtlantic > theatlantic.com/culture/arch…

The more letters emerge, clearer we see how T.S. Eliot did more than stare into or balance over the abyss @StandpointMag #books #writing #literary #literature #humanities

The Fun of Serious Noticing: On James Wood’s Latest Collection | @LAReviewofBooks #humanities #literature #literary #writing #essay #books via @angelamgiles t.ly/LiKf

Fitzcarraldo Editions wins Republic of Consciousness Prize | #literature Jean-Baptiste Del Amo’s visceral tour de force scoops prize for outstanding fiction by a small press > t.ly/YCxj @FitzcarraldoEds #books #writing #literary #humanities

'When Henry James, Robert Louis Stevenson met they debated the nature of fiction and griped about - what else? - money.' @aldaily | via London Review of Books @LRB > t.ly/bCiB #literary #books #writing #literature #humanities

The female-only book club: why women read more than men | via @TheTLS by @LucyScholes #books #literary #literature #humanities #writing > t.ly/0gGLJ

In his letters, Robert Frost is never tedious, always fun, appallingly crafty, and unusually trusting in people he barely knew. @aldaily | #edu #poetry #books #literary #literature #humanities > t.ly/0gGLJ via @TheTLS