Well, we made it to Friday. Of course, the President of the United States of America just suggested injecting bleach and dishsoap or irradiating people as a (so medically jaw-dropping that the makers of Lysol have pleaded with people not to do it) way to cure Covid. So who knows how many will not make it Monday. Enjoy that weekend, kiddos.
- Print numbers now look like a worrisome EKG;
- Booker is postponing instead of handing out online… why?;
- Carolyn Forché on her work;
- World Book Day gets people asking for gov’ts to help our industry;
- Poetry in Voice hands out 9 awards to high school students;
- Speaking of kids and poetry…;
- Literacy declared a constitutional right in US (maybe now the president will experience fewer barriers to getting literate);
- Ever wonder what hanging out with Philip Roth would be like? (my guess would be “dour”);
- New David Mitchell coming! Droool;
- Should libraries quarantine books after restrictions ease?;
- On choosing to not slog through Moby Dick, with Andre Aciman;
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