• In Defense of Books Lists (but Not Literary Assholes): Introducing the Lit Hub Podcast

    Host Drew Broussard Gets the Inside Scoop from the Lit Hub Staff

    A weekly behind-the-scenes dive into everything interesting, dynamic, strange, and wonderful happening in literary culture—featuring Lit Hub staff, columnists, and special guests! Hosted by Drew Broussard. In the first episode, Drew talks to Lit Hub editors Jonny Diamond and Emily Temple about the inevitability of books lists, why we love them, and why some people hate them; Drew also catches up with Kristen Arnett to talk about the literary assholes she’s known (and tried to help).

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    The Lit Hub Podcast is a production of Lit Hub Radio and is available wherever you get your podcasts; music by Dani Lencioni of Evelyn Engineering and production by Stardust House


    The Lit Hub Podcast
    The Lit Hub Podcast
    A weekly behind-the-scenes dive into everything interesting, dynamic, strange, and wonderful happening in literary culture—featuring Lit Hub staff, columnists, and special guests!





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