Professing literature in Philadelphia. Writing MIDDLEMEN: Literary Agents & the Making of American Fiction (April ‘26). laurabmcgrath.substack.com
One of the most common misconceptions I find myself debunking for academics that a *legal read* is not the same thing as a fact check. (And peer review is neither of those things.)
Alex Shephardthis post suggests there is "no good reason" for publishers not to fact check serious works of nonfiction, even though doing so would probably cause the nonfiction publishing industry to collapse welovehistory.substack.com/p/a-historia...
One of my favorite games while I waited for publication was imagining which celebrities should narrate which chapter/agent in my book. 🧵
Brandon WalshYour posts making me so jealous as I wait for the audiobook version I might have to make time for PRINT.
You heard it here: MIDDLEMEN is a danger to academic administrators everywhere.
Roopika RisamI am completely fascinated by Laura’s assessments of the function of the short story in the literary marketplace 🤯 This is also such an enjoyable read that I am conspicuously avoiding all the chair emails piling up in my inbox so I can keep reading.
We are not meant to play favorites, ofc, but this might be my most beloved chapter. Love letters abound.
Martin Shaw“They make decisions because of something like love”. That’s been me… - many a time! On legendary agent Lynn Nesbit in @lbmcgrath.bsky.social’s fantastic book on literary agenting in the US, Middlemen