- Dalya Alberge shares a big Shakespeare discovery. (The Guardian)
- The US Supreme Court is deciding a censorship case and Samuel Alito appears not to understand a children’s book. Mark Joseph Stern explains the case. (Slate)
- Oliva Waite splashes into the role of tea in science fiction. (Reactor)
- Lorna Gibb marvels at the beautiful complexities of the world’s languages. (LitHub)
- Louise Hegarty has a theory about why so many readers turn to mystery novels when things aren’t going so well in the real world. (CrimeReads)
- A growing number of people are practicing “activism for introverts” by copying the US Constitution out by hand. Henry Alford has the story. (The New Yorker)
- Brammhi Balarajan reports that the Texas legislature is now going after book stores. (Chron)
- Haleh Liza Gafori writes in praise of Rumi. (LitHub)
- Michael Achterling and Amy Dalrympe have some good news: the governor of North Dakota vetoed a wildly punitive and vague book banning bill. (North Dakota Monitor)
- …and a fresh serving of censorship news from the dedicated people of Book Riot.
