# Episode 180—Can Agents Read?

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Podcast: [Print Run Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/print-run-podcast-470572)
Published: 2025-08-01T17:25:16+00:00
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## Resource

This week we took a look at a substack piece (link below!) that argued that literary agents can’t or don’t read well, as a jumping-off point to discuss the big picture of the query process, the ways we sort through a high volume of submissions, when art becomes boring business emails, and much more. We can read, we promise! The piece in question is here: https://antipodes.substack.com/p/literary-agents-dont-read-how-i-proved

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