Links for Oct 1, 2026

"A kind of liberation", and other longreads for you: The Secret Lives of Men who Read Romance Books: ‘My Life is Full of Love, so I’m Drawn to Them’, by Amandas Ong, The Guardian Literacy Is Another Casualty of the Decline of Democracy, by John Livesey, Jacobin The “Mutually Confounding” Relationship Between Librarian and Researcher, by Matthew J. Prigge, Literary Hub The Gaping Asshole in My Parents’ Front Yard, flash fiction by Amy X. Wang Also, Q4! Where did all the previous Qs gone to?