Contemporary political writing, literary fiction with unique structural or craft decisions and class-, race-, or power-conscious themes, nonfiction on topics like politics, social trends, leftism/socialism, videogames, Weird Twitter, and international stories, especially in undercovered places affected by U.S. foreign policy.
Thrillers, Young Adult, Children’s Books, Middle Grade, long backstories, privileged people self-actualizing away from external consequences, office culture, light/whimsical stories, military/police/other officers as protagonists, benevolent rich people.
Erik Hane is a literary agent at Headwater Literary Management who represents adult fiction and nonfiction with a focus on politically and socially conscious work. He is the co-host of "Print Run," an award-winning podcast about the book world, and is himself a published writer of short stories and essays. Based in Minneapolis, he is a self-described socialist with particular interests in leftist political writing, cultural criticism, and literary fiction with craft-forward prose.
Submissions should be emailed to [email protected] Headwater Literary Management's submission guidelines are available at: https://www.headwaterliterary.com/submissions The agency handles queries through Query Manager, a link to which is on that page.
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