• This Week on the Lit Hub Podcast: Fund Drives, Merve Emre, and… Do Awards Even Matter?

    With Drew Broussard, Calvin Kasulke, Oliver Scialdone, McKayla Coyle, and Jonny Diamond

    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.

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    Happy Thanksgiving! We’re thankful for you, listeners—and so here is a little treat of an episode, a bit wild and a bit longer than usual but we figured you might need something special for that Black Friday rush..

    • Merve Emre announces season two (and three!) of The Critic and Her Publics
    • Jonny Diamond and Drew ask you for money
    • Drew hosts a raucous round-table with McKayla Coyle, Oliver Scialdone, and Calvin Kasulke about awards season, why awards should give you cash, and more

    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

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