- David Crotty explains why “run” is the most complicated word in English. (The Scholarly Kitchen)
- Meg Metcalf profiles Andre Norton, science fiction master and librarian. (Library of Congress)
- Nella Larson was a librarian, too. H.M.A. Loew shares her story. (Daily JSTOR)
- Evan Friss tells us about that time when Nazis set up a bookstore in Los Angeles in the 1930s. (LitHub)
- Williesha Morris talks to librarians who were stuck with the onerous task of reviewing thousands of books for “inappropriate content” before they were legally allowed to put them back on school and public library shelves. (AL.com)
- Camille Ralphs explores Chaucer’s influence on English language and literature. (Poetry Foundation)
- Colin Marshall reveals the origins of the letters of the Roman alphabet. (Open Culture)
- Ed Simon dives into the convention of storytellers and frame narratives. (The Hedgehog Review)
- Katie Dancey-Downs reports on a UK survey of librarians and staff about requests from the public to remove books from library shelves. (Index on Censorship)
- Matt Messerschmidt reflects on Nietzsche and masculinity. (The Point)
- Lincoln Michel ponders the vexing question of what books remain popular and which ones disappear from the public consciousness. (Counter Craft)
- …and a delivery of censorship news from the good people of Book Riot.
