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    “Refugees”

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    The Good Lieutenant

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    Five Books Making News This Week: War, Cults, and Poets

    By Jane Ciabattari  June 7, 2016
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    Enchanted Islands

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  June 6, 2016
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    Anatomy of a Soldier

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    Homegoing

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    “Egyptian Puppet”

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    The Window, The Alley, The Criss-Cross Motion

    By Albert Mobilio  June 1, 2016
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    “Jewish History”

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  May 31, 2016
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    Finding Poems in My Own Labyrinth

    By Emily Carr  May 31, 2016
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    Everything is Teeth

    By Literary Hub  May 31, 2016
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    The Yoga of Max’s Discontent

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  May 25, 2016
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    The Duel: Pushkin’s Favorite Topic in Fiction and Cause of His Fatal Wound

    By Alexander Pushkin  May 25, 2016
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    The Ecliptic

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  May 23, 2016
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    “Blackout”

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  May 20, 2016
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    Train to Harbin

    By Asako Serizawa  May 19, 2016
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    The Crabapple Tree

    By Robert Coover  May 19, 2016
    Awards

    Announcing the 2016 O. Henry Prize Stories

    By Literary Hub  May 19, 2016
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    The O. Henry Prizes: Read Six Of the Year’s Best Stories

    By Literary Hub  May 19, 2016
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    Slumming

    By Ottessa Moshfegh  May 19, 2016
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    They Were Awake

    By Rebecca Evanhoe  May 19, 2016
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    The Unsung Heroes of the Poetry World

    By Krystal Languell  May 19, 2016
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    The Sky Over Lima

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  May 18, 2016
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    MEAN GIRLS

    By Stephen Burt  May 18, 2016
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    The Unstoppable Myth of Alejandra Pizarnik

    By Enrique Vila-Matas  May 17, 2016
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    “Anniversary”

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    You May See A Stranger

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    Essay

    The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper

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    Deep Dive

    Luis J. Rodriguez: LA is a Great Poetry Town.

    By David L. Ulin  May 13, 2016
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    Over the Plain Houses

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