The Lit Hub Podcast

As part of The Issues 2024, this episode is largely about unions and labor—but also, a little bit more about romance books because it turns out... people really like romance books!Lit Hub EIC Jonny Diamond talks with Kim Kelly, author of Fight Like Hell: The Untold History of American Labor, about the challenges facing organized labor in the 2020s but also the still-young history of the labor movement in AmericaDrew Broussard and McKayla Coyle talk about getting into reading romance novelsAlexandra Kleeman offers an elegy for the late Robert CooverHosted by Drew BroussardMusic by Dani Lencioni of EvelynProduction and Engineering by Stardust HouseA Lit Hub Radio PodcastSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What's with all the romance-specific bookstores opening around the country? Have you ever read any translated true crime? And what is horror as a genre, anyway?A romance-bookstore-roundtable with Emily Ezell (Blush & Bashful Books, Hopkinsville KY), Leah Koch (The Ripped Bodice, LA & NYC), and Mel Saavedra (Steamy Lit, Deerfield Beach, FLY)CrimeReads's Molly Odintz on "True Crime in Translation: A Reading List"A sneak peak of Voyage Into Genre's upcoming horror episode, feat. CJ Leede and Kemi Ashing-GiwaHosted by Drew BroussardMusic by Dani Lencioni of EvelynProduction and Engineering by Stardust HouseA Lit Hub Radio PodcastSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

It's Banned Books Week! There's a new Sally Rooney book! What a week!Brittany K. Allen talks to host Drew Broussard about Sally Rooney ManiaCalvin Kasulke talks to librarian Jess deCourcy Hinds about banned books, libraries, and fighting back against attempts at oppressionMaris Kreizman stops by with a peek into her latest columnBANNED BOOK RESOURCES:FReadom FightersAdvice on writing to elected officials or your local newspaperAdvocate for School Libraries Anti-Censorship Toolkit from Book RiotLibrarian Amanda Jones's story of fighting back and suing her tormentors Hosted by Drew BroussardMusic by Dani Lencioni of EvelynProduction and Engineering by Stardust HouseA Lit Hub Radio PodcastSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week:James Folta on "Meet the writer who added 'lol' to the end of every sentence of In Search of Lost Time"Dan Sheehan talks to Huda Fakhreddine about "Intifada: On Being an Arabic Literature Professor in a Time of Genocide"Here's a link to the full text of the lol-ed version of In Search of Lost Time.Hosted by Drew BroussardMusic by Dani Lencioni of EvelynProduction and Engineering by Stardust HouseA Lit Hub Radio PodcastSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week:A Conversation on Lists with Jonny Diamond & Emily Temple17 Novels You Should Read This Fall"Am I the Literary Asshole?" with Kristen ArnettAn Introduction from the HostHosted by Drew BroussardMusic by Dani Lencioni of EvelynProduction and Engineering by Stardust HouseA Lit Hub Radio PodcastSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Welcome to The Lit Hub Podcast!Hosted by LH podcasts editor Drew Broussard, this new weekly show goes behind the scenes at Lit Hub, diving deeper into everything interesting, dynamic, strange, and wonderful in literary culture. Featuring appearances by Lit Hub staff, recurring columnists like Kristen Arnett and Maris Kreizman, and special guests talking about the news of the day and so much more.New episodes every Friday, wherever you get your podcasts.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.