Not sure why we’re even talking about this stuff anymore… Oh, right, “keeping the flame of civilization lit so its light might survive the coming darkness”… THAT old thing. (My 2003 book of apocalyptic poems, The Hunter, doesn’t seem so far fetched now, does it, Buying Public?)

- On making ballet out of ancient lit;
- For those of you interested in treating this crisis like a reading vacation and are just looking for something easy: USA Today recommends some books to take the edge off (I find USA Today is a great resource for people who don’t want to, or can’t, think critically);
- Followup: Entertainment Weekly is also brainless, and maybe we need that rn;
- Ooops… Bible museum displaying fake Dead Sea scroll fragments;
- Lionel Gelber Prize awarded;
- Oooh! Ken Liu SF stories coming to TV;
- Prix Voltaire shortlist;
- Better late than never? Blooming as a reader later in life;