This week on the bookish internet

• Neatorama rounded up some of the weirdest (best) questions asked of librarians at the New York Public Library.
• Elizabeth Méndez Berry and Chi-hui Yang argue for more critics of color in the arts. (New York Times)
• Chi Luu discusses how language matters…especially when talking about climate change/global warming. (Daily JSTOR)
• Jeff Gordinier reflects on writing the bulk of a book longhand, with pen and ink—which makes me really respect nineteenth century writers who wrote doorstoppers by hand. (LitHub)
• Mary Norris writes about whether or not a writer’s obsession is book-worthy, although she doesn’t quite explain why some of the odder memoirs got published. (New York Times)
• Lyndsie Manusos explains chapbooks. (Book Riot)
• Literary editor Anna Pitoniak has some stellar advice for writers that she has gleaned over the years. (LitHub)
• I always get a kick out of reading old newspaper articles about the physical and mental dangers of novel reading. (The Beeton Ideal)