Fussy’s favorites: Week of February 22, 2021

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. 

Sad and serious news 

• Beat poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti dies at age 101 

• Daughter's autobiography accuses Amos Oz of "sadistic abuse"

Upcoming releases

• Louise Penny and Hillary Clinton have written a political thriller  

• Read excerpts from Klara and the Sun 

• Paul McCartney is releasing a lyrical autobiography in November

Special for the word nerds

• A history of the word "bookworm" -- and the insects that inspired it

• The Scripps National Spelling Bee is back -- with some changes 

Digital goodies

• Author develops an interactive library demand tool for ebooks 

• Check out this online library of West African cookbooks

History class 

• A rare set of early paperbacks is up for sale 

• About Tennessee Williams’s first published piece