Good evening literary fans. Here's what we read today that you should too!

Women Writing Brazil: Selections from PEN America's New Issue of Glossolalia (LitHub)
Hans Fallada novel, Nightmare in Berlin, gets first English translation: The 1947 novel Alone in Berlin to be published in English for the first time. (The Guardian)
How to Write a Novel: The writing process for great writers such as Proust, Bradbury, Twain, and King. (The Millions)
Do Not Say We Have Nothing: The first chapter of Madeleine Thien's novel, which was just longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2016. (Granta)
James Alan McPherson, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Writer, Dies at 72: The first black writer to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. (The NY Times)
German Airline Allows Passengers to Fly with Extra Books: Without fee, and airline permits "one more kg of carry-on weight for books." (Electric Lit)
Happy birthday Beatrix Potter: the author’s legacy 150 years on: Celebrating the author of The Tale of Peter Rabbit. (The Guardian)
J.K. Rowling Is Not Pleased About A Best-Seller Workshop Advertising with Her Face (TIME)
Andrew Johnson: Maybe You're Right: It Isn't the Guns: A thought-provoking essay on gun violence. (Guernica)
Spanish on the Shelves, Latin Culture in the Air at a Bookstore in Queens: One of few Spanish-language bookstores in New York. (The NY Times)
Man Booker prize longlist is a disappointment for diversity (The Guardian)

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