- If you haven’t already, read Patrick Sauer’s account of the real story behind From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. (Smithsonian Magazine)
- Pamela Paul tells us about her time as a young bookseller at B. Dalton and her quest to sell as many copies of The Satanic Verses as possible. (LitHub)
- Tirzah Price lost her books in a fire. (Book Riot)
- Taylor Sperry reports on Saudi Arabia’s attempts to save textbooks from students. (Moby Lives)
- In 1933, Helen Keller wrote to the students of Germany about the futility of book burning. (Open Culture)
- Ashley Bowen-Murphy reflects on how her book reviews have changed over the years. (Book Riot)
- I completely identify with Ada Calhoun’s fear of making mistakes in her writing. (LitHub)
- Amanda Kay Oaks has brilliant advice for avoiding “literary mansplaining.” (Book Riot)
