- Lincoln Michel weighs in on The New York Times‘s list of the best 100 books of the 21st century. (Counter Craft)
- Jacqueline Winspear reflects on her relationship with Maisie Dobbs, the character who “walked into her mind” while she was waiting at a traffic light. (CrimeReads)
- Valerie Stivers makes peppermint chiffon pie with Flannery O’Connor. (The Paris Review)
- Netflix takes on The Decameron! Molly Templeton has the trailer. (Reactor)
- If you’re downsizing your physical library, Barbara Krasnoff has some ideas of what to do with your old books. (The Verge)
- Ed Simon plunges into Doctor Faustus, in this excerpt from his book about Faustian bargains. (LitHub)
- Kate Quinn draws inspiration from stranger-than-fiction history. (CrimeReads)
- Sophie Vershbow explains celebrity book clubs. (Esquire)
- Matthew Wills takes us on a short journey through the history of the footnote. (Daily JSTOR)
- …and your weekly serving of censorship news, courtesy of Book Riot.
