Lit Hub Weekly: October 5 – 9, 2026

TODAY: In 1870, Ivan Bunin is born. Samantha’s all grown up, and American Girl books are entering a new era. | Lit Hub Criticism How British media legitimized J.K. Rowling’s transphobia: “We are rendered hostile abstractions in a contradictory narrative: Trans people are not real, only our violence is real.” | Lit Hub Politics On the immortality of Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire as it turns 50. | Lit Hub Film How much money would Mr. Darcy be worth today? Inger Sigrun Bredkjær Brodey i