This week on the bookish internet

• Librarians are being threatened with legal action in Wyoming because there are _{naughty things} in the books on their shelves. This year’s Banned Books Week is turning out to be the most dispiriting, aggravating, and contentious I’ve ever seen. (Huffington Post)
  • Speaking of:
    • Jameelah Nasheed explains the history of censorship and why people in power are so keen to keep books out of the hands of readers. (Teen Vogue)
    • Alyssa Shotwell argues that we need to be paying more attention to censorship in prisons. (The Mary Sue)
    • The annual quiz about how many banned/challenged books you’ve read. (Buzzfeed)
    • Elizabeth Blair examines what’s getting banned in America lately. (NPR)
• The news that Ark All Saint’s Academy in London is banning slang is one of the dumbest things I’ve ever heard. (LitHub)
• Calvin Kasulke has candidates for a Literary Stunt Index. (Electric Literature)
• Jennifer Harlan rounds up a bunch of times New York Times reviewers didn’t recognize greatness when they read it. (New York Times)
• Sarah Rahman wonders why modern readers have such a hard time with satire. (Book Riot)
• Askold Melnyczuk shares a unique perspective on unlikeable characters. (LitHub)