Here’s what’s making us happy this week.
The Lit Hub team shares uplifting moments from the week, highlighting inspiring sports achievements, a new TV show, and promising developments in the literary world. Staff members express joy over an unsponsored runner's marathon success, Minnesota's playoff victories in basketball and hockey, and the debut of a fresh literary magazine. Personal highlights include a quirky new Apple TV series and a candid symposium on writers' livelihoods.
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Happy Friday, readers! Here at Lit Hub, we’re still catching joy where we can nab it. With apologies for a weekend off here and there, we’re back to report on the sweet things that are making us smile. Calvin Kasulke is taking heart in the long haul. “As a consistent but not at all competitive runner,” this story about an extremely fast, unsponsored amateur marathon man has proved inspiring for our staffer. Because even the coachless get lucky sometimes. Or as Calvin sees it? The headline from Vinny Mauri’s story is, some things are still meritocratic in this broken world. “My man simply vibed his way into the record books.” Jonny Diamond is also in a sporting mood.
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