· The Offbeat Tale of a Magic Lamp and an 18th-Century French Orientalist · Michael Dirda · ar [Ref. Antoine Galland]; on website June 12 as “How ‘Aladdin’ Came to Be: Thank (or Blame) an 18th-Century French Scholar”.
B1 · Learning How to Write—From Snoopy · Ann Patchett · ar; from the forthcoming book The Peanuts Papers, ed. Andrew Blauner, Library of America, October 2019.
C10 · Mystery About Family Roots Inspires Writer in First Novel · Mary Quattlebaum · ar [Ref. Christine Day]; online as “Real-life family mystery inspires debut novel ‘I Can Make This Promise’”.
E10 · Kazuo Ichiguro on What Moves Us and What Matters in These Interesting Times · Mary Laura Philpott · iv [Ref. Kazuo Ishiguro]; an abridged version of an interview she did for the Nashville Public Television show A Word on Words.