- Melissa Mira Grant takes a look at how librarians and libraries were pushed to the forefront of the continuing battle for LGBTQ+ rights and acceptance. (The New Republic)
- I guess the US has a book czar now? Whatever that means? Linda Jacobson reports. (Yahoo! News)
- Rosemarie Ostler romps through the history of American English and why and how it drifted away from British English—mostly by stealing everyone else’s vocabulary. (Lapham’s Quarterly)
- Kelly Jensen does the math to show that, no, you’re not imagining it, book prices really are going up. (Book Riot)
- Laura Schmidy highlights 12 bookish podcasts, in case we need even more content to cram into our heads. Because of course, we do. (Electric Literature)
- Clara Cohen reflects on how Ann Leckie and Ursula Le Guin expanded gender possibilities in their science fiction. (Nerds of a Feather)
- V.M. Braganza writes about what might be the first children’s book, published in 1765. (Smithsonian Magazine)
- Ayman Ismail learned why people are so freaked out about one of the most frequently banned books in the US…and why we very much need books like it. (Slate)
- Clint Smith looks at the troubled legacy of Josiah Henson, the man who inspired Harriet Beecher Stowe. (The Atlantic)
- Gill Paul discusses the challenges of writing real people into novels. (LitHub)
- Mead Gruver explores another ripple effect of book banning: state library associations splitting from the American Library Association. (Associated Press)
- Ayun Halliday shares a series of videos on the making of a medieval book. (Open Culture)
- …and a one-two combo of censorship news from Book Riot: September 8 and September 15
