This week on the bookish internet

• Peter Maass argues that the next Literature Nobel winner should reject the prize. This was written before the announcement that Louise Glück had won, but I think that Maass raises some very interesting points about the contentious prize. (The Intercept)
• Fernando Sdrigotti explains Latin American magical realism to show how the genre has now become a pigeonhole for writers south of the US-Mexico border. (LA Review of Books)
• Thu-Huong Ha reports on the movement to stop italicizing non-English words in English language writing. (QZ)
• Akwaeke Emezi has turned down the Women’s Prize for fiction. Why? Because Emezi is non-binary. (The Guardian)