Fussy’s favorites: Week of February 1, 2021

It’s easy to miss the occasional post or two online, so we’ve rounded up some of the highlights from our reader blog this week. 

Black History Month 

• Looking back at The New Negro as it enters the public domain 

• Ida B. Wells's great-granddaughter has written a new book about her 

• Amanda Gorman is on the cover of TIME magazine's Black art issue

Late authors  

• Historical fiction writer Sharon Kay Penman has died 

• Christopher Hitchens biography stirs unusual resistance from widow 

In their own words 

• Kristin Hannah discusses her new book, The Four Winds 

• Listen to James Joyce read from Ulysses 

• Read a short story by Lauren Groff 

Works in progress  

• Live-action Harold and the Purple Crayon movie is in the works 

• Filming to begin soon on movie version of Catherine, Called Birdy

• Hunter Biden will publish a memoir