Posted on July 24, 2026 at 3:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Catch up quick with the bookish news of the past few days ... or take a deeper dive into each story. Your choice!
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Kelly Jensen unpacks the various tools that book banners are using to restrict access to various titles as the opening to her weekly collection of ban and challenge news (Book Riot).
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When novelist David Eggers criticized the idea of AI-written books, OpenAI's CEO invited him to speak with a group of employees; Eggers accepted the offer and said employees seemed to realize some pitfalls of advancing AI, but didn't seem very worried (People).
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Today marks the 125th anniversary of writer O. Henry (known then as William Sydney Porter) being released from prison ... the place where he first began earning money through writing (Literary Hub).
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A researcher has transcribed a partial short story that mathematician and computing pioneer Alan Turing wrote and believes the fiction reflects much of Turing's life (The New York Times).
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