This week on the bookish internet

• EDIBLE. BOOK. FESTIVALS. (Book Riot)
• Sonia Cherry-Paul wants more books that “center Black joy.” (Chalkbeat)
• The folks at LitHub have rounded up their top 25 happy couples in literature.
• Sumana Roy catalogues the problems with the “postcolonial syllabus.” (Chronicle of Higher Education)
• Dan Saltzman argues for nine elements of great literary romance stories. I would love to see what romance writers and readers make of these. (New York Times)
• Christine Ro reports on how publishers are trying to reduce their environmental impact. (Book Riot)
• Lisa Kusel writes about her struggle to get a good author photo. (Brevity)
• J.D. Biersdorfer shows how readers can make their own digital commonplace books. (New York Times)
• Lisa Zeidner explores the interdependence of author, character, and reader. (LitHub)