An error in Saturday's newsletter suggested this year's Tournament of Books just concluded. In fact, the second week
is just beginning!Palestinians in Gaza are afraid of attending Ramadan evening prayers for fear
of being bombed. / Al Jazeera The United States removes non-essential staff from its
embassy in Haiti. / Le MondeHaiti's most influential "gang kingpin," known as Barbecue, is now the country's
most powerful person. "Either Haiti becomes a paradise or
a hell for all of us." / The Guardian, France 24Related: A profile of Barbecue from last summer
by Jon Lee Anderson. / The New YorkerA study finds women's participation in scientific patents has increased
since 2000. / axiosRequests to "round up" your bill are generating
millions for charities. / NPRSome 70% of fans who got frostbite at a cold Chiefs game in January are being advised
to schedule amputations. / Fox 4 Kansas CityCharles Bukowski supposedly published pro-Nazi letters in the early 1940s—and now they've been unearthed, "all claims in that regard
are no longer credible." / 3am MagazineSee also: Law and literature are "historically contiguous and analytically adjacent," but should they
intermingle more? / Public BooksRecent street-fashion trends in Paris: dark Demnacore, broke hats,
neo-workwear. Also, some photographs of teenagers in the
1980s and '90s. / The Trend Report, FlashbakOppenheimer has a big night at the Oscars. Then again,
so did Japan. / SemaforA cinematographer finds groundbreaking innovation in his
colleagues' recent work. / The Los Angeles Review of BooksUnrelated: Creeps on the far right think Sydney Sweeney
killed wokeness. / Slate