5 Questions With Hailey Colborn

For many members of Gen Z, social media platforms like TikTok have become surprising gateways to the world of literature. Enter Hailey Colborn, founder of the Hot Literati, a digital community for “hot, cool, well-read people” that invites curious readers to celebrate literature and practice reading with a reverence for the beauty of words. By sharing short-form content like one-sentence book reviews (“Nick Carraway surrounded by Manic Pixie Dream Girls”; “Beowulf if it was about motherhood in s...