This week on the bookish internet

• Constance Grady asks a very important question: “Do the soaring sales of anti-racism books signal a true cultural shift?” (Vox)
• Jennifer Ouellette reports that archaeologists may have found the site of the Red Lion, one of London’s first theaters. (Ars Technica)
• Aaron Robertson shares images of Dickens’ Oliver Twist manuscript. I am a sucker for handwritten manuscripts. (LitHub)
• Elizabeth A. Harris reports on how libraries have had to reinvent themselves in the age of COVID-19. (The New York Times)
• Clare Barnett explores the phenomenon of the book hangover. (Book Riot)
• Kalynn Bayron writes about how the overwhelming whiteness of publishing means that readers of color rarely see themselves in popular novels. (Tor)