TODAY: In 1860, George Eliot’s novel The Mill on the Floss is published by John Blackwood in three volumes. Kelsey Rexroat investigates the super-readers who log hundreds of books a year . | Lit Hub Craft The very important history of the very important pickle : “Whether it’s through jokes, viral trends, or tongue-in-cheek pickle merchandise, pickles have become a lighthearted emblem of American wit and whimsy.” | Lit Hub Food Candis Watts Smith considers the meaning of Black silence in the current era of rising American authoritarianism. | Lit Hub Politics “Why was I unharmed? Harm me! Choose me! Love me!” The Anthropic settlement, authorial clout, and the psychological consequences of publishing a book . | Lit Hub Livia Gershon explores the history of satirical magazines that did serious political coverage in Chile and Argentina .…