Morning Bites: Purim Hunger Games, Updike Reissued, Letters From Huxley, “Keep Calm and Carry On,” And More

Purim in Poland, 1938. (Via bigbigbigthings.com)

What the Jewish holiday of Purim (which begins tonight) has in common with the Hunger Games trilogy by Abigail Miller at Tablet.

• John Updike is getting reissued for his birthday.

• What did Aldous Huxley think of George Orwell’s 1984?  He wrote his former student a letter to tell him.

• Slate talks about the #jonathanfranzenhates Twitter hashtag after Jami Attenberg finds out J. Franz doesn’t like Twitter.

• Critical Mob takes a look at Jewish literature from the 1950s to today.

• The history of the “Keep Calm and Carry On” posters.

• Does older age limit learning?

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