This week on the bookish internet

• Amelia Stymacks reports on volunteers creating libraries all over Indonesia. (Moby Lives)
• Katy Waldman has some very good questions for what the hell is doing on with what is now being called “cancel culture.” (The New Yorker)
• Andrei Smolnikov’s essay about Gulliver’s Travels and science is just brilliant. (Electric Literature)
• I am so happy to know that I am not the only librarian who struggles to recommend books because my tastes are different from a lot of peoples. It comforts me no end to know that Anna Gooding-Call’s tastes are even weirder. (Book Riot)
• Rohini Chaki’s article about Alexandre Dumas’ cookbook (yes, cookbook) just gets better and better. (Atlas Obscura)
• Rebecca Makkai started a conversation on Twitter about the best overlooked books of the last decade. (Electric Literature)
• Alexandra Schwartz writes in praise of Miriam Toews. (The New Yorker)
• The Wayward Children series is going to be a TV show! (io9)
• EDIBLE BOOK FESTIVAL! (Atlas Obscura)