At this point, the question of whether conglomeration was good or bad seems largely beside the point. Artists adapt. Artists have always been subject to the whims of the wealthy. Yet the same economic forces that led to conglomeration are undeniably immiserating artists today. - The New Republic
The regulation is the latest effort from conservative policymakers to restrict public school students’ access to books covering topics of race, gender identity and sexual orientation. - AP
"It now has an additional meaning, relating to when artificial intelligence systems such as ChatGPT, which generates text that mimics human writing, 'hallucinates' and produces false information." - The Guardian
"I can’t write about poetry amidst the ‘reasonable’ tones of those who aim to acclimatize us to this unreasonable suffering. No more ghoulish euphemisms. No more verbally sanitized hellscapes. No more warmongering lies." - LitHub
"Before Roberts, the romance genre was dominated by tepid and virginal women who were overpowered by brooding men. Roberts changed all that by thrusting romance into the modern era." - The New York Times
And yes, we mean The Bible. It's even trending on TikTok. And as one reviewer said, "I love how aesthetic it is for a coffee table or bookshelf." - Vice
The new owner, Meng Ru Kuok, runs the Caldecott Music Group, which includes BandLab Technologies, NME Networks, and major guitar-maker Vista; he says his relaunched Gawker will be notably different from past versions. (Interestingly, the purchase included the domain name and trademark but not the article archives.) - Variety
None of the folios were identical; sometimes a letter or word would be different, evidence of the typesetter at William Jaggard’s London printshop tinkering with errors throughout the process. - LitHub
Some K-12 decision makers perceive school librarians as little more than quaint remnants of a bygone era. And if the number of our nation's certified school librarians continues to decline as it has for the past few decades, this perception may one day become a reality. - Governing
"Blackouts" by Justin Torres took the fiction prize; nonfiction honors went to Ned Blackhawk's "The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History;" Craig Santos Perez’s “from incorporated territory (åmot)” was cited for best poetry; young people’s literature was won by Dan Santat’s “A First Time for Everything.” - AP
Rumors that authors would take a stand regarding the Israel-Gaza conflict during the ceremony were flying in the days leading up to the event, but it was unclear what the statement would include, leaving several sponsors concerned. - The New York Times
Actually, there are two controversies. One is about restoration to the list of some of the epithets that were deemed offensive and eliminated in 2020. More appalling is the addition of some word forms, particularly plurals of irregular nouns, that just don't actually exist in English, such as "feceses." - Slate
"In the 1880s, almost a century after Burns died, Edinburgh forger Alexander 'Antique' Smith produced hundreds of fake manuscripts, selling them to booksellers, pawnshops and collectors. … Many of his counterfeits remain in circulation (and) can fetch tens of thousands of pounds at auction today." - BBC
