Josephine Livingstone reports on an amazing exhibit of Old English texts and other rare, ancient books currently on display at the British Library. I am so jealous. (The New Republic)
Julie Dobrow reveals what happened to Emily Dickinson’s poems after her death. It appears there was a whole lot of editing. (LitHub)
What does it mean when a historical novel based on a true story is published with mistakes? (The New York Times)
Students at Oxford University no longer need a teacher’s note to look at “naughty” books at the Bodleian. (CNN)
Peter Derk categorizes all the ways an author’s unfinished works have been dealt with after their death. (LitReactor)
Eleanor Tremeer argues that we need utopian fiction now. (io9)
William Atkins follows in the steps of Charles Dickens and Pip on the Hoo Peninsula. (New York Times)
