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TODAY: In 1749, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is born.

“He wrote sad songs but didn’t want to make anyone sad. He had the kind of shy, exaggerated empathy of someone who’s always afraid of hurting people but never afraid of hurting himself.” On loving Elliott Smith. | Lit Hub Music

Wallis Wilde-Menozzi reflects on translating Antonella Anedda, a poet who “creates space for other ways of telling.” | Lit Hub On Translation

How object narrators, from the 18th century to now, help humans see the world in different ways. | Lit Hub Criticism