Every Friday, the PQ Weekly Roundup collects the most shared links in our social media network—bookish articles, reviews, quizzes, recommendations and more—in convenient digest form.
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PQL followers had lots of fun with this quiz that figures out which pop culture librarian you are most like. Let us know who you’d be!
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I loved this article about an author making a dumb mistake and essentially responding “yup, my bad”.
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This is a short, fascinating and useful resource that lays out some of the technological history of the book that led to reading becoming more widespread and affordable.
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“[G]alleries have always operated best as spaces of alluring emptiness—of concentration, breathability and time. We now have that, but it comes at the price of uncertainty.” On the experience and implications of visiting a socially distant art gallery.
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Scientists language-free communication as a way to escape the “tyranny of words”, but as this article argues, language may remain the most flexible brain-to-brain interface of all.

Quite the eclectic bunch of links this week, isn’t it? Plus, in case you missed it, you should check out our August newsletter, with updates on what’s coming down the pipe here at PQL.
Have a great weekend,

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