- The Nerdwriter explains what Jane Austen was up to with free indirect speech and irony. (via Scholarly Kitchen)
- Noah Webster brings the American Revolution to the English language. (Daily JSTOR)
- Walter W. Skeat, however, was all about using his knowledge of English dialects and history to document the language as it was in the Oxford English Dictionary. Anatoly Lieberman offers a brief profile. (OUP Blog)
- Trans author Diana Goetsch’s book tour took her through red states. (The Los Angeles Times)
- James Folta talked to his colleagues about the books they just can’t get rid of. (LitHub)
- Meanwhile, Sarah Calise discusses what archivists choose to collect…and discard. (Contingent Magazine)
- Authors share their actual earnings and expenses. (LitHub)
- Constance Grady pulls back the curtain on AI-generated books created for Amazon. (Vox)
- Have you ever wanted to climb inside your favorite children’s books? Katie Curris takes us to a place where that is possible: The Rabbit hOle, Kansas City, Missouri. (NPR)
- …and a fresh issue of censorship news, courtesy of Book Riot.
