- I love that bookish people set up shop on every social media platform almost as soon as they go live. Elizabeth A. Harris talks about BookTok. (New York Times)
- Jonny Diamond ruminates on how we spell okay. (LitHub)
- Matthew Rubery explores the early, early days of recording author readings—which would be fascinating even if it didn’t include clip of Alfred Lord Tennyson reading “The Charge of the Light Brigade.” (Cabinet)
- I love it when readers share their favorite “weird” books. Here’s one from Susan Osborne, from A Life in Books.
- Jessie Gaynor reports on a company that data-mines children’s behavior and preferences to create pre-fab books. #DoNotWant (LitHub)
- As if Sappho’s work wasn’t fragmentary enough, Charlotte Higgins reports on a scholarly scandal about the discovery of papyrus pieces found in Egypt. (The Guardian)
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