Since I was traveling over the last two Sunday, I am woefully behind on sharing interesting bookish things with you all. I’m not going to post everything I might’ve included, just the highlights, so that this post doesn’t get unwieldy.
- Walter Mosley is very much correct when he argues that “a novel is not a machine.” (LitHub)
- Ebadur Rahman has some trenchant things to say about The Guardian‘s list of the 100 best books and literary canons in general. (Los Angeles Review of Books)
- Claire Woodcock investigates what happens when children’s books are sent to the adult section. (404 Media)
- Rachel Rosenberg reminds us of the necessity of summer reading programs for kids. (Book Riot)
- Danny Bate explains how the letter “w” came to be. I have always been fascinated by the way people adapt alphabets for new languages, especially when they have to get creative. (LitHub)
- Ed Simon explores a curious American genre: the captivity narrative. (The Hedgehog Review)
- Jon Brodkin gets us caught up on the potential shuttering of E-Rate, a federal program that pays for internet for rural schools and libraries. (Ars Technica)
- Cynthia Ward wants the revival of sword and sorcery fantasy to be weird, too. (Reactor)
- Sophie Culpepper spoke to Josh Cook, of Porter Street Books, about launching an independent publication of book reviews. (Nieman Labs)
- Chloee Weiner eulogizes Jane Yolen. (NPR)
- Lincoln Michel recognizes five narrative perspectives. (Counter Craft)
- Brook Wilensky-Lanford reflects on the difficult process of finding a title. (LitHub)
- Emily Drabinski introduces us to “anarchist” libraries that meet community needs their own way. (Truthout)
- Phillip Maciak writes in praise of Marjane Satrapi and Persepolis. (The New Republic)
