- Camille Tinnin argues that speculative fiction can be a great way to learn about all kinds of things. (Daily JSTOR)
- The folks of Open Culture have an even older use of the word “fuck” than previously thought.
- Carolina Ciucci interviews book illustrators about their process. (Book Riot)
- Sally Miller suggests some collective noun for use in libraries. (McSweeney’s)
- Williesha Morris reports on a filing by Alabama’s state library service “that would effectively prohibit children and young adults from accessing any material that ‘positively depicts’ transgender people.” (AL.com)
- Ruthanna Emrys has thoughts about the Sapir-Whorf relativity hypothesis and science fiction. (Reactor)
- Carlo Rotella discusses why Lily Bart and The House of Mirth vex readers. (LitHub)
- Jason W. Dean and Rhiannon Knol talk incunabula. (Half Sheets to the Wind)
- Patricia T. O’Conner and Stewart Kellerman explain where “spick and span” came from. (Grammarphobia)
- John Mullin shines a light on the importance of money in Jane Austen’s novels. (LitHub)
- Archer Sullivan reflects on the human need to tell stories and create legends. (Crime Reads)
- Kelly Jensen recounts the fight over the Josephine County Library, OR, and taxes. (Book Riot)
- …and censorship news, from Kelly Jensen of Book Riot.
