Professing literature in Philadelphia. MIDDLEMEN: Literary Agents & the Making of American Fiction (April ‘26).
@lbmcgrath.bsky.socialHappy FBF to all who celebrate! May the odds be ever in your favor.
Laura McGrath
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@lbmcgrath.bsky.social@lbmcgrath.bsky.socialYessssssss omg
@elysegraham.bsky.socialReposted by @lbmcgrath.bsky.socialI hate English department Halloween. What do you mean, you're the hermeneutics of suspicion
@onthemedia.bsky.socialReposted by @lbmcgrath.bsky.social.@lbmcgrath.bsky.social explains how literary agents have shaped American fiction, and why their influence has been overlooked by historians
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@lbmcgrath.bsky.socialThursday! Then again on Friday! Please do join me, Michiganders, I’ve missed you so.
@onthemedia.bsky.socialReposted by @lbmcgrath.bsky.social“ People... think of gatekeeping as this really dirty word... [But] gatekeeping is not simply a matter of closing some doors, but it's a matter of opening others” – on the power of the literary agent, and a case for literary gatekeeping w/ @lbmcgrath.bsky.social lnk.to/onthemedia/b...
@lbmcgrath.bsky.socialOne unfortunate side effect of the Lit Studies/CW divide is that scholars of contemporary lit don’t spend much time talking to working writers. I think that our research is poorer for it.
@onthemedia.bsky.socialReposted by @lbmcgrath.bsky.social“If agents are as important as authors make them out to be, then they should have had some impact on the way that books have been published and bought and sold and consequently the books that we read.” – @lbmcgrath.bsky.social on the influence of the literary agent
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@onthemedia.bsky.socialReposted by @lbmcgrath.bsky.social📻 Show’s up! Featuring @rickhasen.bsky.social, @markkrotov.bsky.social, and @lbmcgrath.bsky.social: lnk.to/onthemedia/b...
@lbmcgrath.bsky.socialHad a great time talking about agents and other literary gatekeepers on @onthemedia.bsky.social! Give a listen!
@mmvty.bsky.socialReposted by @lbmcgrath.bsky.socialHave a smallish piece of new research at the intersection of humanities & machine learning or cultural analytics to share? Pitch it to @lbmcgrath.bsky.social, the special features editor of @culturalanalytics.bsky.social!
@lbmcgrath.bsky.socialAlso increased: my desire to get Botox. Look how great I could look with an artificially smoothed forehead!
@lbmcgrath.bsky.socialAnd on Friday, I’ll be at University of Michigan! Would love to see you in Ann Arbor. 2:30 pm.
@lbmcgrath.bsky.social(Good friends make good event posters)
@lbmcgrath.bsky.socialI’m so thrilled to be headed back to MSU next week, my first time back in campus since I graduated in 2018. If you’re in East Lansing, come hang rug me on Thurs Oct 8 at 4 pm!
@johngonzalez.bsky.socialReposted by @lbmcgrath.bsky.socialthe Phillies
@lbmcgrath.bsky.socialIf you’re headed to the AALA People of Publishing Conference this week, please do stop by my lunchtime session and say hello! peopleofpublishing.org @princetonupress.bsky.social
@dlamarbach.bsky.socialReposted by @lbmcgrath.bsky.socialIm Rahmen der #Tagung ›Probing the Archive – Finding Literary Agents‹ stellt @lbmcgrath.bsky.social im #DLAMarbach ihre neue Monographie ›Middlemen. Literary Agents and the Making of American Fiction‹ (2026 @princetonupress.bsky.social) vor. Moderation: @cecilecottenet.bsky.social (@univ-amu.fr).
@lbmcgrath.bsky.socialGuys, I would like so much credit for not taking the bait on that silly NBA op-ed.
@dlamarbach.bsky.socialReposted by @lbmcgrath.bsky.socialAbendveranstaltungen im Rahmen der #Tagung: Am 23. stellt @lbmcgrath.bsky.social ›Middlemen. Literary Agents & the Making of American Fiction‹ @princetonupress.bsky.social vor. Am 24. spricht Karin Graf mit @corinnanorue.bsky.social @uni-muenster.de über aktuelle Entwicklungen in der Agenturbranche.
