Jonny Diamond

New York

Writer and Editor in Chief at Literary Hub

Writer, reader, unreliable narrator. Editor @LitHub. Writing a book about axes for W.W. Norton.

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Articles

Happy Birthday, Lit Hub, You’re Ten Years Old

2 weeks ago | lithub.com | Jonny Diamond

Yes, We've Survived a Whole Decade on the Internet Literary Hub was launched ten years ago today.
Agnes and Ned by Jonny Diamond

2 weeks ago | hobartpulp.com | Jonny Diamond

She had death in her hands, in her heart, in the americ tang of her angry sweat: she was jealous of a piece of bread. It was a dark, trunk-thick loaf of Polish bread, and Agnes could think of nothing else. Ned made a special trip to get the loaf, went the long route each week to pick it up at the Polish bakery. Agnes could not remember the last time he'd gone the long route for her.
A Small Press Book We Love: Margaret the First by Danielle Dutton

1 month ago | lithub.com | Jonny Diamond

Small presses have had a rough year, but as the literary world continues to conglomerate, we at Literary Hub think they’re more important than ever. Which is why, every (work) day in March—which just so happens to be National Small Press Month—a Lit Hub staff member will be recommending a small press book that they love. The only rule of this game is that there are no rules, except that the books we recommend must have been published, at some time, and in some place, by a small press.
A Small Press Book We Love: The Bear by Andrew Krivak

1 month ago | lithub.com | Jonny Diamond

Small presses have had a rough year, but as the literary world continues to conglomerate, we at Literary Hub think they’re more important than ever. Which is why, every (work) day in March—which just so happens to be National Small Press Month—a Lit Hub staff member will be recommending a small press book that they love. The only rule of this game is that there are no rules, except that the books we recommend must have been published, at some time, and in some place, by a small press.
Dear Jimi Hendrix: A Letter, in Gratitude, From Jeffery Renard Allen

1 month ago | lithub.com | Jonny Diamond

September 18, 2020Article continues after advertisementJimi:I hope this brief message reaches you and finds you well. If you have a moment, please respond and let me know. And I hope the years have been good for you, well for you. On this momentous occasion, 50 years since you left us too soon, I wish I had some special offering to pass on in commemoration. I do not.
A Small Press Book We Love: Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

1 month ago | lithub.com | Jonny Diamond

Small presses have had a rough year, but as the literary world continues to conglomerate, we at Literary Hub think they’re more important than ever. Which is why, every (work) day in March—which just so happens to be National Small Press Month—a Lit Hub staff member will be recommending a small press book that they love. The only rule of this game is that there are no rules, except that the books we recommend must have been published, at some time, and in some place, by a small press.
New Jersey fights back in the face of national book-banning.

Dec 12, 2024 | lithub.com | Jonny Diamond

In an example of what the next four years might look like—blue states preemptively protecting the rights and freedoms of their citizens against the authoritarian creep of federal policy—New Jersey Governor Chris Murphy signed into law the “Freedom to Read” act earlier this week. Article continues after advertisementMost of us cringe these days when “Freedom” shows up in any political discourse, but in this case, it might actually be apt.
I read the government graphic novels Elon Musk thinks are a waste of money.

Nov 18, 2024 | lithub.com | Jonny Diamond

The term “government-issued graphic novel” shouldn’t fill anyone with excitement. I honestly hadn’t even considered the possibility of their existence until last week when the Twitter account from Elon Musk’s AmericaPAC (which somehow has the account @America on Twitter… oh right, I know why) tweeted a list of government expenditures that were clearly meant to represent the excessive waste of our tax dollars.
Is Donald Trump going to sue the media into complicity and silence?

Nov 15, 2024 | lithub.com | Jonny Diamond

Laughter and terror: these will most certainly be the primary contributions of a second Donald Trump administration to the national mood. Article continues after advertisementTo wit: a new report from Columbia Journalism Review details a letter from Trump’s lawyer sent to the New York Times and Penguin Random House seeking $10 billion in damages for defamation. The letter, sent a week before the election, accuses Peter Baker, Michael S.
Per his own book, Trump’s Secretary of Defense nominee is down for Civil War II

Nov 13, 2024 | lithub.com | Jonny Diamond

Jeff Sharlet, author of The Undertow, and one of our very best (and bravest) writers engaging with American fascism as it actually exists on the ground, has done the ugly work of reading Pete Hegseth’s book, The War on Warriors. Yes, the very same Hegseth who hangs out on weekends with the other reanimated mannequins on Fox and Friends, and who has been chosen by President-Elect Trump to run the US military.