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.

• “The problem occurs when emotionally lazy, simplistic poetry becomes not just the standard, but the only kind of poetry gaining attention—when it becomes nothing more than just adding line breaks to vaguely emotive sentences.” On bad poetry and why it seems to be everywhere these days.

• When young people are tired of staring at screens, used books, such as the ones sold at Old Goat Books in Waterloo, are a tempting change.

• Blast from the (recent) past! Let’s give a little appreciation to these great backlist books from the 2000s that you’ve probably never heard of.

• The cost of all our subscription television options seems to be reaching a peak—which is why one publishing CEO is saying people are reading more.

• This is an interesting article about sensitivity readers writing about other races.

Hope you’re keeping cool now that summer has decided to make a roaring appearance. If you’re looking for something fun to do in Windsor, Ontario this weekend, the Art in the Park festival is on, and Anne Baldo and Karl Jirgens will be there to read as part of Literature at the Manor. Check it out!

Cheers,