- Colin Marshall shares a round-up of new books, movies, and other intellectual property that hit the US public domain on January 1. (Open Culture)
- Ellen Munro Edmunds challenged herself to read BIG classic books last year. (Substack)
- James Harbeck muses on dissolution and resolution. (Sequiotica)
- Simon Roper wants to know how far back we English speakers can understand our language. (Open Culture)
- Katie Bernet reflects on posthumous narrators. (CrimeReads)
- Kelly Jensen wraps up a year of censorship news. (Book Riot)

