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Welcome, readers, to the first happy list of 2026! It’s already shaping up to be another year where easy joy goes thin on the ground, so celebrating the little things feels more important than ever. Here’s what’s making your friendly neighborhood Lit Hub staff smile this Friday. In New York City, it’s festival season—for the […]
Wallet-conscious diners are heading to happy hour for dinner and ordering appetizers instead of entrees as increasing anxiety about affordability slams restaurants nationwide, The Post has learned. Last month, Ryan Gerding, a marketing executive in Kansas City, Missouri, showed up early for dinner with his wife at Martin City Brewery, a local watering hole. They […]
Spooky season is upon us again. (At least if you’re in the Northeast corridor.) So this week, Lit Hubbers enjoyed autumnal fare. I’m talking leaf-peeping, and freaky Fridays. We’ve got reflection and hibernation on the brain. Whether that means hunkering down with old friends, or making new ones. Drew Broussard is tending the horror hearth. […]
This week, we’re regressing. We’re taking our brains and our palates back in time, to arguably better days. We’re longing for the old internet, and certain familiar characters. Some of us are tripping the light fantastic to bygone epochs entirely. McKayla Coyle has been enjoying new Netflix fare—My Melody and Kuromi. A stop motion series […]
June 6, 2025, 11:03am You’re in luck, readers. We have a lot to love this Friday. The theme this week is “Forever Young.” We at Lit Hub are getting our kicks in the rearview mirror, reminiscing on everything from our first chaotic friend groups to our first absurd recitals. We’re playing make-believe and suspending disbelief, […]
May 23, 2025, 3:22pm Happy spring, fellow travelers. This week we’re back to basics with the good stuff. Physical books supplied by physical people are bringing us lots of joy. And when the pages don’t compel, we’re moving our bodies around. In the wake of #AIBooksellerGate, our own Drew Broussard put out a live bookseller’s […]
May 16, 2025, 2:40pm Though we in the Western Hemisphere have slightly more than a month till summer starts, most of us at Lit Hub are getting a spiritual jump on the season. McKayla Coyle is calibrating their summer playlist. Emily Firetog is finding the thunderstorm channel relaxing. Because, in addition to making good mental […]
May 2, 2025, 12:43pm This week, the Lit Hub staff is brought to you by the grace of giggles and games. James Folta is digging this “extra-bitter” riff on the Americano. The Enzo is a low-abv springtime spritz named for the Ferrari founder, and it’s apparently perfect for a fire escape near you. If you’re […]
April 11, 2025, 2:34pm Here on the Eastern seaboard, we’re waiting out the April showers. But it turns out there’s plenty to be grateful for, despite the gloom. This week the Lit Hub staff are shouting out nostalgic reads, making things with our hands, and group dinners. Oliver Scialdone has been blasting down memory lane, […]
