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- Howard L. Simon reminds us of the dangers of letting pro-censorship people onto library boards and local governments. (Tampa Bay Times)
- Courtney Rodgers gives us the lowdown on some literary genres that, sadly, most of us have never heard of. (Book Riot)
- Emily Temple reports on a study that not only proves that reading (at least literary fiction) makes us better people but also gets into why literature helps us become more tolerant and empathetic. (LitHub)
- Jaime Green discusses the necessity of fact-checking for nonfiction. After being a librarian, I think being a fact-checker would be a dream job for me. (Catapult)
- Gage Miskimen reports on two resignations by public library directors in Vinton, Iowa, after increasing anti-LGBT+ bigotry in the community. (The Gazette)
- Gabriel Pasquini reports on the Herculean (or perhaps Sysiphean) efforts of Doug Metzger’s Literature and History, “a free audio-history of Anglophone literature spanning authors, stories, civilizations and centuries, beginning at the very beginning…with the invention of writing in the Bronze Age.” Am I going to start listening? Hell yeah, I am. (LitHub)
- And here’s your weekly dose of censorship news, courtesy of Book Riot. This edition includes lots of great advice for speaking out against censorship.
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