Lit Hub Weekly: September 28 – October 3, 2026

Why recent ghosts are (actually) haunting us • Watch Angela Flournoy discuss The Wilderness, class, the internet, and more • William T. Vollmann on excavating American foreign policy • The legacy of Ernest Shackleton’s Antarctic expedition • Hernan Diaz explains why his new novel isn’t a dystopia • Exploring the relationship between a researcher and a librarian • Nina Schuyler on rivers, rights of nature, and her new book • How antiblackness functions as a social, historical and cultural phenomenon • “What if writing were fun? • The nuances of writing technology in fiction • In praise of Jimmy Stewart in It’s A Wonderful Life • Brittany Cavallaro on writing for (and teaching) young adults •







































































