- April White profiles Augusta Gough, a children’s librarian in Harlem, who changed lives. (Daily JSTOR)
- Katie Walsh recounts another story that illustrates why librarians matter in their communities. (Slate)
- Molly Templeton seems annoyed by the continued death of criticism discourse. (Reactor)
- Jed Kudrick and Sean DiLeonardi argue that book sales move publishers to take more chances on translations. (Public Books)
- Gwen Howerton reports on the discovery of hundreds of LGBTQ+ books that have been removed from shelves at Texas A&M. (Chron.)
- Lapham’s Quarterly shares a few letters from James Baldwin’s FBI file.
- Patricia T. O’Conner and Stewart Kellerman explain why English speakers learn things by heart. (Grammarphobia)
- Jessica Ewing discusses the science behind why it’s so difficult to help kids develop a habit of reading when there are so many digital options available. (LitHub)
- Bruce Gil’s article about a suit brought by Merriam-Webster and the Encyclopedia Britannica against Anthropic makes me wonder if it’s time to bring back plagiarism traps. (Gizmodo, Wikipedia)
- Book Riot spotlights the Banned Wagon.
- …and censorship news, from Kelly Jensen. (Book Riot)
