- Ismail Muhammad explores stereotypes and “trauma porn” in decades of Black literature—and how they limit understanding of the Black American experience. (New York Times Magazine)
- Matthew Wills takes a look back at how librarians changed how LGBT+ books were classified, which helped change how we talk and think about LGBT+ topics. (Daily JSTOR)
- A. Natasha Joukovsky rebuts Claire Pollard and “literary moralism.” (LitHub)
- Laura Tisdall lists a lot of very good reasons for negative reviews (not to be confused with hatchet jobs). (Her blog)
- Look at this book printed (woven?) on a jacquard loom! Take an even closer look! (History of Information)
- Jordan Pruett runs the numbers on—and explores the business of—the bestseller. (Public Books)
- PODCAST SHOUT OUT to Save Me From My Shelf, for the hosts’ hilarious efforts to take the piss out of the classics.
- …and this week’s helping of censorship news, via Book Riot.
