Lit Hub Daily: January 6, 2026
THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET
TODAY: In 1944, Ida Tarbell dies.
- Not sure what to look forward to in 2026? Maybe consider the 314 books we’re most anticipating this year. | Lit Hub
- “You’re a famous writer in England, but you’re an American writer, and your subject is the United States.” Jonathan Lethem and Ben Markovits discuss the realities of a trans-Atlantic literary life. | Lit Hub In Conversation
- Amit Chaudhuri tells us about writing longhand, rereading the Bhagavad Gita, and more. | Lit Hub Craft
- The 17 new books out today include titles by Eric Lichtblau, Alice Jolly, and more! | Lit Hub Reading Lists
- Laura Restrepo explains how she mixed myth and reality to bring the Queen of Sheba to life in her new novel, Song of Ancient Lovers. | Lit Hub In Conversation
- “Call me Ishmaelle. But know that I have not always gone by this name.” Read from Xiaolu Guo’s new novel, Call Me Ishmaelle. | Lit Hub Fiction
- H.M.A. Leow considers Takagi Kyōzō and settler colonial writing in Japanese-occupied Manchuria. | JSTOR Daily
- How actress Joan Lowell (and her memoir) pioneered the art of literary fraud. | The New Yorker
- “By now, we’ve all seen the baroque flow-charts of reciprocal investments between the big AI players, a Gordian knot of equity stakes and suppliers becoming customers.” Why higher ed is adapting AI. | Defector
- Ryan Zickgraf decries the unsexy vampirism of Silicon Valley. | Jacobin
- We shouldn’t need to say this, but hyperpatriotism is not, in fact, a quality of good journalism. | The New Republic
- “Trump’s violation of Venezuelan sovereignty is a crime against both the American Constitution and international law. More terrifyingly, it appears to be just the beginning.” Jeet Heer on a new era of American imperialism. | The Nation
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