- Sam Freedman wonders, “will sci-fi end up destroying the world?” Personally, I think tech bros are misreading science fiction. I want to sentence them all to remedial humanities. (The Guardian)
- Exhibit A: Tobias Carroll argues that Elon Musk doesn’t understand Iain Bank’s Culture novels. (LitHub)
- Elaine Szewczyk takes us along on a trip to Shel Silverstein’s archives. (Publishers Weekly)
- Sarah Cascone shares an astonishing illuminated manuscript, the Black Book of Hours, that has to be seen to be believed. (artnet)
- James Harbeck muses on one of my favorite words, “skedaddle.” (Sequiotica)
- James Folta turns a gimlet eye on a publishing venture to help boost male authors. (LitHub)
- Ella Creamer reports on a study of parents who do and don’t enjoy reading to their kids. (The Guardian)
- Dana Liebelson blasts Trump’s war on the arts. (The New Republic)
- Stacey Balkan dives deep into solarpunk. (Public Books)
- James Fox explains “abracadabra.” (Scilicet)
- Previously banned books are headed back to the shelves in one Colorado school district. Elizabeth Hernandez has the latest. (The Denver Post)
- AJ Connelly examines the growing list of words the Trump administration is either censoring or using to target “DEI” projects. (PEN America)
- …and censorship news from the lovely people of Book Riot.
