graphic novel "Big Jim and the White Boy" is a fascinating re-telling of Huck Finn Thom Dunn

drugs are bad The curious case of a GOP election official who Mickey Finn'd his grandkid to entrap a Dairy Queen Jason Weisberger

Modern American Literature 1971's "The New Centurions" is a novel about "police brutality, racism, public unrest, systemic rot, and poverty" Mark Frauenfelder

politics Book bans hit record high, overwhelmingly targeting titles by or about queer or Black people Rob Beschizza

Trivia Fun facts about fun facts Annie Rauwerda

public domain Here's where you can get your public-domain copy of The Great Gatsby Mark Frauenfelder

Rock n Roll Rock and rollers' baby and kid pics Gareth Branwyn

happy mutants The Past and Future of The Internet: A Symposium for John Perry Barlow Cory Doctorow

novels Late bloomers: 10 classic books with terrible initial reviews Alyssa Favreau

tips Easy way to thread a needle Mark Frauenfelder

freebies Free kindle edition of "100 Books You Must Read Before You Die" Mark Frauenfelder

movies World's first app-turned-movie reveals why those birds are so dadgum angry Carla Sinclair

Boing Boing Gadgets Six months with a dumbphone Rob Beschizza

The crudely drawn penis snuck into 1884 edition Huckleberry Finn Mark Frauenfelder

fiction The Man Who Sold The Moon Cory Doctorow

cuisine The Rat King: On the Fascinations (and Revulsions) of Rattus Mark Dery