- Emily Temple rounded up 11 authors writing in praise of Shirley Jackson. (LitHub)
- Pair with Jackson’s advice for writers. (LitHub)
- Kate Gardner shares the cringeworthy hilarity of the worse prose about women and sex written by men. (The Mary Sue)
- Aspiring writers should avoid everything on R.L. Maizes’ hilarious Literary Fiction Checklist. (Electric Lit)
- Dawn Finch writes about what else is lost when libraries are closed. (The Guardian)
- Lauren Cocking profiles a bawdy medieval poetess. (LitHub)
- Lida Maxwell shows us the power of poetry in America right now. (BLARB)
- Pair with Abby Hargreaves’ thoughts on reading during chaotic, dangerous times. (Book Riot)
- Victor LaValle writes in praise of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. (New York Times)
- Stuart Kells lists ten of the greatest libraries in fiction. (The Guardian)
- Criminal mischief doesn’t sound serious enough for the crime of burning books. (Sioux City Journal)
- Support Drag Queen Story Time! (The Guardian)
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Great first find — I LOVE Shirley Jackson. I get a little sad in thinking that perhaps she is “slipping” a bit in terms or stature, or perhaps better put… is just falling a bit from relevance as we get inundated with more and more authors. I just hope young people continue to discover her!