This week on the bookish internet

Erin Barnett asked other librarians about whether or not we lend books to people. It turns out that we’re surprisingly stingy most of the time—or maybe not so surprising in light of the fact that we know what people to do books they borrow. (Electric Literature)
James Jeffrey reports on the custody battle for hundreds of Ethiopian religious manuscripts that were looted by British soldiers in 1868. (Atlas Obscura)
Stuart Kells shares the story of how Aboriginal oral literatures were studied and misrepresented (and misunderstood) by Westerners. This sentence might sound a little dry, but it’s fascinating. If nothing else, I learned that Bruce Chatwin was kind of an asshole. (LitHub)
Kasia van Schaik reflects on what it means to be a single woman who reads. (Electric Literature)
Yep, people are still asking for books to be banned at their local libraries. (The Guardian)
Christine Hauser reports on what happened after teenagers were sentenced to books after committing race-related vandalism. (New York Times)

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