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Penn Today reports on a study that shows the overwhelmingly positive psychological benefits of using libraries . Sandra Cisneros reflects on poverty, financial insecurity, and Sense and Sensibility . (The Paris Review )
Lincoln Michel picks apart the problem of unlikable characters . I particularly like Michel’s dissection of what readers and critics mean when they talk about likeability. (Counter Craft )
Michaela Makusha recommends bookshop crawls . (The Guardian )
David Crotty introduces us to Titivillus, the typo demon . (Scholarly Kitchen , video)
James Coverley wrestles with the difficulty of translating Latin profanity . I enjoyed the hell out of this article. (Potentially Interesting Roman History )
I love it when science and the humanities come together! Ella Creamer shares news from the University of St. Andrews, where scholars have found a fast, reliable method for testing whether or not book covers contain pretty green arsenic . (The Guardian )
Kate McKean explains book auctions . (Book Riot , excerpted from McKean’s book, Write Through It )Laurie R. King shares her joy at the fun events and people she uncovers doing research for her novels . (Crime Reads )Benjamin Dreyer addresses AI, the em dash, and accusations of plagiarism . Long live the em dash! And parentheticals! (A Word About… )
Cali Lichter details librarian Christine Beachler’s efforts to end years of (truly) vile harassment by Stefanie Boone, a member of Moms for Liberty. I feel deeply for America’s public and school librarians who have to deal with people like Boone. (WZZM13 )
Jeremy Gantz brings us up to speed on efforts across the US to ban or limit book banning in school and public libraries . (American Libraries )
…and a double scoop of censorship news from the amazing people of Book Riot : June 6 and June 13 .
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