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

Larry Wilmore, Junot Díaz, Toni Morrison, and more take on Trump’s America The New Yorker
From Richard Wright to Winona LaDuke, here are 25 works of poetry and fiction for anger and action Lit Hub
Sheila Heti in conversation with Elena Ferrante: the two authors discuss challenging female characters, the supposed sin of narcissism, and cigarettes Hazlitt
A writer’s long relationship with Gabriel García Márquez’s Innocent Eréndira and Other Stories, and recognition of her inherited trauma from her parents The Millions
A new biography of Eleanor Roosevelt depicts the “indomitable” First Lady and “luminous beacon of courage and hope” The New York Times
“Why I Never Fixed My Teeth”: a visible sign of poverty and source of strength Catapult
A question of freedom of expression: Egyptian novelist Ahmed Naji has been in prison for eight months for an excerpt of his novel, Using Life Arablit
Envy: Kathryn Chetkovich describes the envy she felt when her boyfriend suddenly became Jonathan Franzen Granta Magazine

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