“During the Renaissance, no translator had to apologize for following her instincts to champion the work of one of the most extraordinary, under-recognized writers of her time. Oh how the mighty have fallen?” - Three Quarks Daily
Jason Diamond: "I’ve often heard this discussed as some existential problem that might be impossible to tackle, as if people have thrown up their hands and agreed that, yup, men and fiction just don’t mix. I’m perplexed by this, … and I’ve come to the conclusion we’re going about fixing things all wrong." - GQ
From the best places to read to poets of note in each state, this map is a treasure trove of some of the best writers the U.S. has given the literary world. - LitHub
After some anger and grief, and years of frustration, this is what happens now when news sites die: “Former DCist reporter Colleen Grablick remembers fellow DCist coworker Maddie Poore asking: ‘Local news co-op, when?’” - Nieman Lab
"Some, such as Yahoo, Puck, and New York Times Opinion, have launched new Reddit accounts in the last several months. Others, such as Rolling Stone, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Independent, the AP, and Newsweek, have restarted existing accounts or dedicated more resources to them." - Adweek
Many parts of the ancient Babylonian tale are still missing, and searching through hundreds of thousands of surviving cuneiform fragments to separate portions of the narrative from, say, private letters or sales receipts is slow and tedious. A new AI project has led to "extreme acceleration" in the field. - The New York Times
Well … no. “For all the tonal confusion of Hoover’s novels, readers continue to gravitate toward the repetitive writing and heavy emphasis on shocking twists.” - The Atlantic
The author has been checking out Goodreads to “see how the average enthusiastic reader has been responding to this book. It is in equal parts some of the greatest validation I’ve ever received and the most terrifying cultural report I’ve ever read.” - The Guardian (UK)
The list of winners seems innocuous, but it comes with a link to a report that details everything possible, along with a link to the full statistics. Why? Last year’s edition was rife with censorship, and this year had its own ballot-stuffing issues. - Glasgow Worldcon
The law, which will be appealed again, “bans any titles that describe sexual acts from K-12 schools, with the exception of religious texts. The law also limits instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity before seventh grade.” - The New York Times
“Why riddle a puzzle? And yet that’s what the Voynich did, over and over again. The moment you felt you were getting somewhere, it coiled in on itself, retreating from your grasp, into another disguise.” - The Atlantic
"With a mission of publishing 'deep reporting about power and place in North Carolina,' the publication (called The Assembly) has an ambitious vision of curiosity-driven reporting that holds power to account. … (It) takes inspiration from other statewide magazines like California Sunday and Texas Monthly." - Nieman Lab
Starting in the 1830s, the American Bible Society began a campaign to get inexpensive Bibles into homes "in every part of the land," while the American Sunday-School Union, which considered secular books "sweet poison" for young minds, worked to replace them in classrooms with Christian instructional books and evangelical tracts. - Slate (MSN)
