- Wen-Yi Lee leans into the discomfort of retellings and why we keep retelling stories. (Reactor)
- Olivia A. Cole reflects on the differences between herself and her daughter in this charming essay about reading to one’s children. (LitHub)
- Marta Cobb has some tips for survival, should you ever find yourself in a medieval fairy tale. (Medievalists.net)
- Angela Watercutter explores how the recent US election is fueling the latest BookTok controversy. (WIRED)
- Constance Grady explains what librarians do. No, we don’t read books all day; I wish we did! (Vox)
- Willem Marx catches us up on Banned Books USA and how they’ve been giving away books all year in Florida. (Electric Literature)
- Because the paperwork has been lost, The Satanic Verses can no longer be banned in India. (Reuters via NBC News)
- …and back to your weekly dose of censorship news, courtesy of Book Riot.
