On today's episode of Late Night Lit, Late Night supervising producer Sarah Jenks-Daly speaks with Deesha Philyaw, author of the new novel "The Secret Lives of Church Ladies." Then, she speaks with Todd Doughty, senior v-p and deputy publisher at Doubleday. Plus, hear some book recommendations from members of the Late Night staff. Mentioned in this episode: "The Secret Lives of Church Ladies" by Deesha Philyaw "The Prophets" by Robert Jones, Jr. "Milk Blood Heat" by Dantiel W. Moniz "A Little Life" by Hanya Yanagihara "The Testaments" by Margaret Atwood "Family of Origin" by CJ Hauser Todd Doughty's Instagram "Little Pieces of Hope" by Todd Doughty "The Pelican Brief" by John Grisham "Still Life: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel" by Louise Penny "Bath Haus" by P.J. Vernon "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White "The Years of Lyndon Johnson" by Robert Caro "The End of October" by Lawrence Wright "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle" by Haruki Murakami See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Seth takes a closer look at Trump and his gang of very bad lawyers laying the groundwork to spend four years baselessly claiming the election was stolen from him. Then, he talks to John Oliver. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.