- This story brings me joy: high school students wrote their own musical about censorship after one of their productions was nearly shut down and go on to win a prize for their work. Gabe Meline has the latest. (KQED)
- Judith Butler argues that the humanities will help us imagine a better future. (LitHub)
- Sophie Haigney interviews Gene Scheer about turning Moby-Dick into an opera. (The Paris Review)
- Matthew Porges reviews four new spy novels and ponders authenticity in the genre. (n+1)
- Kristen Patterson has thoughts about magic, technology, systems, and the individuals caught up in the mix. (Reactor)
- Gabrielle Bellot discusses what it means when we erase words—and people—from our language and history. (LitHub)
- Benjamin Dreyer briefly addresses whether or not to italicize words in other languages. (A Word About)
- Daniel John explores the mixed reactions to Puffin’s TikTok-friendly covers of Jane Austen’s novels. (Creativebloq)
- …and more censorship news from the fantastic folks of Book Riot.
