- Jane Alexander briefly talks about library cats. (Mental Floss)
- Christopher Huang looks at recent historical mystery fiction from writers of color as a corrective to the rather white and Imperialist Golden Age mystery. (CrimeReads)
- Laura Sackton would like us all to read the translator’s notes. (Book Riot)
- Ana Valens reports on a new front in the fight to censor books as a Virginia lawyer uses a recent obscenity ruling to go after Barnes & Noble. (The Mary Sue)
- Jonathan Lee has lots of thoughts on the high-stakes creation of first lines. (LitHub)
- Addison Rizer explores bookish discourse on TikTok. (Book Riot)
- Danny Jacobs digs into the history of horror stories and the genre’s current revival. (The Walrus)
- This week’s serving of censorship news, courtesy of Book Riot.
