- Constance Grady explains what the hell is going on with this year’s Nobel Prize for literature and why so many people are up in arms about one of the awardees. (Vox)
- Ayelet Gundar-Goshen wonders if here latest book makes her a bad feminist. (The Millions)
- Ryan Lenora Brown shows how African writers—especially African women—are making their mark on historical fiction. (Christian Science Monitor)
- Brad Gooch writes in praise of Rumi. (LitHub)
- As usual, Leah Price shows us that rumors of the book’s death have been greatly exaggerated. (The Paris Review)
- It’s been almost a week since Banned Books Week and some students in Georgia are already burning books. (The George-Anne)
- Where did “It was a dark and stormy night” come from? Christopher Schultz explains. (Litreactor)
A Bookish Type 
Thanks for your first source — I had NO IDEA about the Nobel drama, this year or last! How very interesting.
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