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- Stephanie Hayes’s dispatch from the American Association of School Librarians conference in Tampa Bay, Florida, breaks my heart. (Tampa Bay Times)
- Ahmed Naji shares excerpts from his obscenity trial while reflecting on the strange disappearance of “dirty words” from Arabic writings. (LitHub)
- Related: Jay Lanzendorfer recounts the obscenity trial of The Love Book, by Lenore Kandel. (The New Yorker)
- Samsun Knight uses the slush pile to wonder about what gets published and what gets ignored. (The Millions)
- Molly McGhee talks about reading and misreading “dick-lit.” (LitHub)
- Pair with: C.T. Jones looks at the problem of “lit-bros” on BookTok. (Rolling Stone)
- Relatedly, Amanda Perry wrestles with how to teach “problematic” male writers. (The Walrus)
- Gustave Doré is probably the most perfect illustrator for Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven,” as evidenced by this post by Josh Jones. (OpenCulture)
- Eli Grober has satirical thoughts about writing satire. (LitHub)
- Rachel Treisman sums up the controversy around Scholastic’s (cowardly) decision to require school librarians and teachers to opt-in to diverse books. (NPR)
- Molly Templeton would like to know, “where are the Lady Gandalfs“? (Tor)
- Ella Creamer reports that, with the continuing high costs of heating, the libraries in the UK will be warming centers again this year. (The Guardian)
- Dan Sinkyin investigates the evolution and current state of the literary fiction genre, if you can even really call it a genre. (The Nation)
- Nancy Friedman delves into the curious practice of using asterisks in profanity, instead of just typing out the actual word. (Strong Language)
- …and two bags full of censorship news, courtesy of Book Riot: October 13 and October 20
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