• This Week on the Lit Hub Podcast: ‘Twas the Episode Before Christmas

    A Holiday Tradition Begins

    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.

    ‘Twas the episode before Christmas and all through the studio
    Not a sound could be heard—not even ‘Sussudio’

    To close out the year, a new holiday tradition: Jonny Diamond reads us Clement Clarke Moore’s classic poem, “A Visit from St. Nicholas.”

    Thanks to everyone for tuning in this year! See you in 2025!

    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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