Today in Bookish and Literary History, October 7
1955 Beat poet Allen Ginsberg reads his poem "Howl" for the first time at a poetry reading in San Francisco. 2021 Case Study by Graeme Macrae Burnet (UK) Burnet blurs the lines between patient and therapist, fiction and documentation, and reality and dark imagination. Shortlisted for the 2022 Gordon Burn Prize Shortlisted for the 2022 Ned Kelly Awards Longlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize Longlisted for the 2022 HWA Gold Crown Award Longlisted for the 2023 Dublin Literary Award 2025 An Optimism: Poems by Cameron Awkward-Rich Here is collection of poems about finding oneself in a life―an ordinary life that one could not have imagined―and making the decision to live it. 2025 Ghost Chilli by Nikkitha Bakshani Muskan has a great life: a creative job in the big city, supportive friends, and no trouble finding first dates. So what if her colleagues don't know she exists, or her friends won't stop lecturing her about the three-year 'situationship' ...