- Sarah Gailey shares what they learned from a sensitivity reader and how it changed their life. (The Book Smugglers)
- Translators pick their favorite untranslatable words. (mentalfloss)
- Lorraine Boissoneault explores why we are so fascinated by historical what ifs in this short history of alternate history. (Smithsonian Magazine)
- Mary Robinette Kowal writes about her realization that authors have a unique responsibility to their readers: writing stories that won’t be internalized in ways reinforce harmful stereotypes or erase diversity. (Tor)
- Pair with Hanif Kureishi’s stance on the Lionel Shriver/Penguin Random House diversity furor. (The Guardian)
- Stephanie Vozza writes about what happened when she attempted to kick her reading into overdrive (just my little bookish joke, heh) and try to read 30 books in 30 days. (Fast Company)
- Emily Temple has a list of 40 great villains from literature. (LitHub)
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I find it funny that 2 out of 8 untranslatable words are French…
Well, French does have a certain je ne sais quoi. 🙂