Lover of books (or possibly zines)? Today’s Bwoglines might have something for you! Editor’s warning: mentions of death and violence.

Happening in the World: Police officers in Haiti rioted in Port-au-Prince on Thursday following the killing of more than a dozen colleagues by criminal gangs. Fourteen officers are thought to have died since the start of the year in various gang attacks on police stations, and the rioting officers blame the government for not taking action. Yesterday, more than 100 demonstrators blocked streets, burned tyres, broke security cameras and damaged vehicles. Local media said several officers broke through the gates of the prime minister’s residence and attempted to enter Haiti’s international airport. (BBC)

Happening in the US: Five former Memphis police officers are facing second-degree murder and other charges in the brutal beating death of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old motorist who was fatally injured after being pulled over by police this month. Law enforcement officials who have seen body-camera footage of the former officers’ interaction with Nichols have been strikingly vocal in their condemnation of the arrest. At a news conference Thursday announcing the criminal charges, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Director David B. Rausch said the officers’ actions were “absolutely appalling. We are here to pursue truth and justice, realizing that we should not be here. Simply put, this should not have happened,” Rausch said. “I’m sickened by what I saw.” (Washington Post)

Happening in NYC: The New York Public Library has acquired the papers and personal archive of writer Joan Didion, who passed away in 2021, and her husband John Gregory Dunne. On Thursday, the library’s board approved the purchase of a trove of letters, photographs, manuscripts, family records and other material that traces the individual and collaborative work of one of postwar America’s most productive and glamorous literary couples. The archive, which totals 240 linear feet of material, spans the whole of Didion’s life, starting with her birth in Sacramento in 1934 and including research files for her classic essays of the 1960s and ’70s collected in The White Album and Slouching Towards Bethlehem. The archive “very much captures the significance and gravitas of their careers,” said Julie Golia, the library’s associate director of manuscripts, archives and rare books. “But it’s also deeply personal.” (NYT)

Happening in Our Community: Today from 2 to 4 pm, the Barnard Zine Library on Milstein’s second floor is hosting “Graphic Design Is My Passion: A Zine Design Workshop,” led by Suze Myers (BC ’16). Please register online for a fun and crafty afternoon!

Joan Didion in 1970 via Wikimedia Commons