Late Night writer Dina Gusovsky interrupts Seth to explain why she’s jealous of Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.

Then, finance journalist Adam Davidson discusses how the world might change under the Biden administration, explains how Trump is a "bottom feeder" on corruption that already existed in the world and breaks down why Ivanka is the toughest Trump.

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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

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"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

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For the seventh year, Seth spends Thanksgiving with his brother Josh, his father Larry and his mother Hilary.

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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.

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Seth takes a closer look at Trump firing one of his lawyers after she claimed the election was rigged as part of a vast conspiracy involving the CIA, the Republican governor of Georgia and the president of Venezuela - who died seven years ago.

Then, he speaks with musician Jeff Tweedy.

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Seth takes a closer look at Rudy Giuliani’s meltdown on live television and Trump trying to overturn the will of Michigan voters.

Then, he talks to Michael Moore.

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Seth takes a closer look at President Trump and senior members of the Republican Party engaging in an assault on democracy in an attempt to hang onto power and undercut the legitimately elected next president, Joe Biden.

Then, Rachel Bloom talks about becoming a new mother during the pandemic, shares details from her labor and shares a poem from her book "I Want to Be Where the Normal People Are."

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Seth takes a closer look at Trump irreversibly lighting American democracy on fire as his allies and lawyers pursue one deranged conspiracy theory after another while also letting a deadly plague ravage the country uncontrolled.

Then, Seth talks to author Cazzie David.

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Seth takes a closer look at Trump and his campaign getting quickly batted down every time they file a new lawsuit or spread a new lie about voter fraud.

Then, he talks to actor Ethan Hawke.

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Seth takes a closer look at the Republican Party supporting Trump as he tries to invalidate the results of the 2020 election and overthrow the democratically elected government.

Then, Ta-Nehisi Coates lays out why he didn't celebrate Joe Biden's win, talks about the difficulties of having his book The Water Dancer adapted into a film and shares a story about interviewing Chadwick Boseman while covering a protest for their college newspaper.

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