- Edgar Allan Poe’s landlord explains why the writer is being evicted—by Amanda Lehr. (McSweeney’s)
- James Davis Nicoll has fresh ideas for getting through our no-doubt mountainous to-be-read lists. (Reactor)
- Alice Nuttall takes a look at times when authors turned themselves into characters. (Book Riot)
- Luke Winkie reports back from New Bedford’s 24-hour Moby-Dick readathon. (Slate)
- Patricia T. O’Conner and Stewart Kellerman explore the etymology of “bookworm.” (Grammarphobia)
- …and this week’s censorship news, served up by the good folks at Book Riot.
