Lit Hub Daily: January 9, 2026
THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET
- Carlo Masala explores worst-case scenarios in the event Russia wins in Ukraine. | Lit Hub Politics
- Noa Micaela Fields explores communication, poetics, and Rhianna lyrics: “I am a trans poet with hearing aids, and I playfully call myself an echodeviant as a way of reclaiming mishearing.” | Lit Hub Craft
- Ben Markovits’ The Rest of Our Lives, Stefan Merrill Block’s Homeschooled, and Xiaolu Guo’s Call Me Ishmaelle all feature among the best reviewed books of the week. | Book Marks
- “Folks would talk about it like they did about Julius Caesar and General Wolfe. He and his fellows were going to shine in history.” On being a teen soldier in the Revolutionary War. | Lit Hub History
- David Arndt outlines five steps for developing a better writing practice. | Lit Hub Craft
- “I’m sorting things into categories – items to be thrown out, those to be given away. I can’t help smiling as I realise I’m following the advice of decluttering influencers.” Read from Elisa Shua Dusapin’s novel The Old Fire, translated by Aneesa Abbas Higgins. | Lit Hub Fiction
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“The United States’ newspaper of record has not yet found it necessary to replace Friedman with someone who makes sense on a regular basis.” Belén Fernández looks back on thirty years of Thomas Friedman. | The Baffler
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David Owen explores how—and why—the American education system neglects methods proven to help dyslexic students read. | The New Yorker
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What’s the last real place on the internet? Craigslist, according to Jennifer Swann. | Wired
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Hanif Abdurraqib listens to Phyllis Hyman’s posthumous 1995 album, I Refuse to Be Lonely. | Longreads
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“What sets Lamott apart from most of these writers is her insistence on writing’s inherent grotesque indignity.” Briallen Hopper revisits Bird by Bird. | The New Republic
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James McManus considers the political power of Jimi Hendrix’s music. | The American Scholar
