- Andrew Albanese talked to librarians about nation-wide efforts to ban books. (Publishers Weekly)
- Speaking of: the censorship rash has hit the state where I live. (KSL)
- Tom Roston writes in praise of Slaughterhouse-Five. (LitHub)
- Katie Moench explains why children should read “dark” stories. (Book Riot)
- Vanessa Willoughby reports on the controversy around the new, gender-neutral pronoun that was added to a major French dictionary. (LitHub)
- Molly Templeton reflects on books that just feel way too long and why some long books just fly by. (Tor Blog)
- Carolina Ciucci examines depictions of homelessness in fiction. (Book Riot)
- Robery Lloyd ponders artistic license and using actual historical figures as fictional characters. (Writers Digest)
- Andrew Pettegree and Arthur der Weduwen share the history of how the Bodleian became the Bodleian. (Lit Hub)
- Theo Hayes reports on efforts by Baltimore librarians to help children read more. (WBAL)
- The staff of Lit Hub asked the 2021 Center for Fiction first novel prize winners about the first book they fell in love with.
- Carol Rumens explores erasure poetry. (The Guardian)
- R. Nassor shows us how to get analytical with our reading spreadsheets. (Book Riot)
- Alyssa Shotwell has great advice on how to help libraries fight censorship. (The Mary Sue)
- Sarah Nicolas has additional advice. (Book Riot)
