Laura McGrath
@lbmcgrath.bsky.social
Professing literature in Philadelphia. Writing MIDDLEMEN: Literary Agents & the Making of American Fiction (April ‘26).
laurabmcgrath.substack.com
laurabmcgrath.substack.com
When your dad finds out that your book is available for preorder…
November 6, 2025 at 1:13 PM
When your dad finds out that your book is available for preorder…
Excited to reveal the cover of my book, MIDDLEMEN: LITERARY AGENTS AND THE MAKING OF AMERICAN FICTION, which is available for pre-order now!
November 4, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Excited to reveal the cover of my book, MIDDLEMEN: LITERARY AGENTS AND THE MAKING OF AMERICAN FICTION, which is available for pre-order now!
5yo’s first protest sign! (I helped)
October 18, 2025 at 4:36 PM
5yo’s first protest sign! (I helped)
Baby’s got a pub date! And some juicy catalog copy. MIDDLEMEN coming your way on April 26!
(Cover reveal soon!)
(Cover reveal soon!)
October 1, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Baby’s got a pub date! And some juicy catalog copy. MIDDLEMEN coming your way on April 26!
(Cover reveal soon!)
(Cover reveal soon!)
It says a lot about who I am, as a person, that yesterday I asked a clerk at Sephora if she could point me to the Philip Roth eye patches.
August 28, 2025 at 12:58 PM
It says a lot about who I am, as a person, that yesterday I asked a clerk at Sephora if she could point me to the Philip Roth eye patches.
One obstacle is finding Waldo.
May 21, 2025 at 10:41 PM
One obstacle is finding Waldo.
Like any good 80s baby, I have *also* been answering to "Lauren" my whole life, so will be taking this PW shout-out for the small win that it is. You can find my substack here: laurabmcgrath.substack.com
April 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Like any good 80s baby, I have *also* been answering to "Lauren" my whole life, so will be taking this PW shout-out for the small win that it is. You can find my substack here: laurabmcgrath.substack.com
March 18, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I’m so thankful that SHARP issued this statement about the annual conference in July; and I’m so deeply disgusted and enraged that it was necessary to do so.
March 3, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I’m so thankful that SHARP issued this statement about the annual conference in July; and I’m so deeply disgusted and enraged that it was necessary to do so.
70% of my book’s argument in a single screenshot.
(Gimme foreign rights and a follow up short story collection, and we’re in business!)
(Gimme foreign rights and a follow up short story collection, and we’re in business!)
February 3, 2025 at 4:33 PM
70% of my book’s argument in a single screenshot.
(Gimme foreign rights and a follow up short story collection, and we’re in business!)
(Gimme foreign rights and a follow up short story collection, and we’re in business!)
Things I wrote this year:
December 17, 2024 at 8:17 PM
Things I wrote this year:
Move over, PubMarkerplace, there’s a new “most coveted screenshot” in town (courtesy of @fredner.org)
November 24, 2024 at 2:45 PM
Move over, PubMarkerplace, there’s a new “most coveted screenshot” in town (courtesy of @fredner.org)
It felt a little silly to post one of my own (with my editor and agent, ofc) but I wanted to see it from inside-out. Writing the announcement was more stressful than the proposal.
November 21, 2024 at 2:35 PM
It felt a little silly to post one of my own (with my editor and agent, ofc) but I wanted to see it from inside-out. Writing the announcement was more stressful than the proposal.
Going corporate tomorrow! Spending the morning with PRH editorial, repeating Liam Neeson’s monologue from TAKEN: “I have a very specific set of skills.”
February 12, 2024 at 8:38 PM
Going corporate tomorrow! Spending the morning with PRH editorial, repeating Liam Neeson’s monologue from TAKEN: “I have a very specific set of skills.”