Akwaeke Emezi talks to Elle about their latest book title, ghosts, and getting plot ideas from their dreams.

Thailand is a premiere destination for gender-conforming surgery — a sign that the rest of the world’s healthcare systems are badly broken for trans people.

What is the future of academia, read through the lens of “quit lit”?

“Governmental fiat had the power to turn fable into fact.” The story of the Chagossians, their quest to return home, and the imperial powers arrayed against them.

Malala Yousafzai likes Ms. Marvel.

Sometimes, now and then, I am just very much in the mood for a really good pan of a book.

Elaine Hsieh Chou has had enough of the trope of Asian women in films being nonexistent, slutty, or both. (Her book Disorientation is excellent btw! A rare satire that I enjoyed!)

“I am frightened by my own affection toward Sox.” On the new Lightyear movie, which is pretty good, and the IP dystopia we currently live in, which is real real bad.

Vilissa Thompson on Lizzo’s use and correction of an ableist slur, and how the response to her erased Black disabled people.

Navigating the red carpet as a wheelchair user is an exhausting nightmare.

Thanks to BookTok for getting me more books with sprayed edges. Appreciated.

On resorts.

From all I know of her, Lisa Lucas is a tremendous person, and I loved this article about her work and the broader work of making publishing more inclusive.

This is a story about poop. Well, IBS. Well, bodies.

Here’s what happens during a craniotomy.

Naomi Kanaka explains why literary fiction refuses to write about the labor and financial side of things.

“break my back like a glowstick daddy” Katy Waldman on Kaitlyn Tiffany’s new book about One Direction fandom (which I loved).

Young children explain why their preferred shape of chicken nugget is the best one.

I really enjoyed RRR and was super grateful to this newsletter (the author of which ALSO loved the movie) for unpacking its shortcomings around caste and nationalism.

Here’s what’s going on with the weird fake texts you may be receiving now.

Becca Tilley was nervous about coming out to all of Bachelor Nation. She’s been very touched by the reception she’s gotten.

This is a story about feral peacocks in a Canadian town. Some people are like “yay, feral peacocks!” and other people are like “omg something has to be done about these feral peacocks.”

One big reason your groceries are so expensive? The ocean freight industry is engaged in crazy-making systems of obstruction and price-gouging against truckers.

Marina Warner talks about the work of fairy tales and the work of memoir (and the role of cruelty in each).

I loved this story about the Future Library.

Long live the food-themed romance novel.

Have a glorious weekend, friends. I wish you very much swimming and lots of good books.

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In honor of the centennial of women’s suffrage, the New York Times is running an obituary series called “Overlooked,” where they write obituaries of people whose lives and deaths were overlooked by the Times the first go-around. (link)

Nothing quite like Myriam Gurba interviewing Akwaeke Emezi. I just read The Death of Vivek Oji and it was SUPERB (though with some content warnings if you want them). (link)

In this time of pandemic, the scramble to preserve endangered languages has taken on even greater urgency. (link)

“A defining characteristic of trauma, though, is the way it burrows like a tick into the subconscious, erasing the traces that might hold it accountable. You might not even know what’s pulling your strings.” Jess Zimmerman on living through this pandemic. (link)

Ellen can be a queer icon AND a boss who fostered an abusive workplace; and we can hold even our faves accountable for their racism and bad behavior. (link)

Self-hatred and self-consciousness are becoming A Lot in a specific genre of literature. (link)

Vivian Stephens is a founding mother of the romance genre, but she was pushed out of the genre’s history. https://www.texasmonthly.com/the-culture/vivian-stephens-helped-turn-romance-writing-into-billion-dollar-industry/

“What does it mean for the canon of horror to almost exclusively be white? Is this intentional or not?” (link)

Likewise, who decides what counts as true crime? (You know the answer.) (link)

Lisa Lucas, the departing director of the National Book Foundation and soon to be publisher of Pantheon and Schocken Books, talks about how she got to this point in her career, and how publishing is changing. (link)

The fandom of teenage girls deserves to be taken seriously. (link)

Numerous staff writers have left the CBS show All Rise, which centers on a Black female judge, because of the showrunner’s dismissiveness and ignorance around racial issues. (link)

Nonfiction publishers don’t pay for fact-checking. This is a mistake. (link)

In positive news, I have had the blessed experience of telling some new people about New Leverage, which is a great reminder to us all to watch Leverage if you haven’t already! The pilot is fuego, and every episode is about criminals doing a con to deprive wealthy jerks of their ill-gotten gains. You’ll love it! Watch it ASAP!

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Just kidding! Those things are both incredible! So I’m kicking off this links round-up with Isaac Chotiner’s very magical interview with Bret Easton Ellis, as well as a review of the “old man yells at cloud” book Ellis has, apparently, written. Be blessed.

“It felt hidden, like I said a magic word and there was Prague.” An interview with Helen Oyeyemi.

The rise of publicly thirsty women.

Some thoughts on cultural appropriation, rules, and self-censorship, from Jeannette Ng.

An extremely normal and fine profile of Carmen Maria Machado. (I advise reading it in its entirety.)

How bad is EL James’s new book? SO BAD.

The medical establishment uses men as a baseline for almost everything — which has led to massive health inequities for women.

Katy Waldman found her own experiences in a book (not in a good way).

Celebrating Easter Sunday among the black congregations in Louisiana whose churches were burned by an arsonist this year: an exercise in generosity and forgiveness.

Nathan Robinson attended the Zizek/Peterson “debate” so we wouldn’t have to.

Wesley Morris grieves for the demise of the romantic comedy (and so do I).

Have an incredible weekend, friends! Mine is going to contain brambles and crawfish, so I will be the happiest camper the world has ever known. (Also a little bit of phone-banking but I’m trying not to think too much about that.)

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