Fussy’s favorites: Week of February 23, 2020

It’s easy to miss the occasional post or two online, so we’ve rounded up some of the highlights from our reader blog this week.

Literary deaths

• Katherine Johnson of Hidden Figures fame has died

• Bestselling author Clive Cussler has died

• Study: Edgar Allan Poe likely didn't commit suicide

What to read next

• Read the first excerpt from Hilary Mantel’s last Cromwell book

• Former ambassador to Ukraine has signed a book deal

• Former congresswoman tackles double standards in her new memoir

Controversies

• Survivor's stepson is planning legal action over Cilka's Journey

• Tennessee lawmakers introduce a bill adding library oversight panels

• Rage Baking book certainly inspires ire

Artifacts

• Typewriters owned by Kerouac and Hemingway head to auction

• New genus of pterosaur takes its name from the Targaryens