Nikki Giovanni: Why We Need Poetry

Nikki Giovanni: Why We Need Poetry

From Make Me Rain, a Collection of Poetry and Prose

By Nikki Giovanni | October 21, 2020

"swan"

A Poem in Eight Parts by Andrew McMillan

By Andrew McMillan | October 21, 2020

A Poem by Claude McKay

A Poem by Claude McKay

Featured in Kevin Young's New Anthology of African American Poetry

By Claude McKay | October 21, 2020

A Poem by Angelina Weld Grimké

A Poem by Angelina Weld Grimké

Featured in Kevin Young's New Anthology of African American Poetry

By Angelina Weld Grimké | October 21, 2020

The Silence

The Silence

Don DeLillo

By Lit Hub Excerpts | October 21, 2020

"Psalm Under Seige"

A Poem by Khaled Mattawa

By Khaled Mattawa | October 20, 2020

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

  • Sleuth-Hound: The Case of the Real Sherlock Holmes
  • Emperor of Nothing: The Making of Larry David
  • I Can't Stop Thinking about Horses and Sex
  • Queen of Lombard Street
  • Paradise Burns
  • Doppelgänger
  • Hanging and Burning: A King Oliver Novel
  • Our Arab: On Longing, Belonging, and Hope
  • The Turning of Sally-Mae

A Poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar

By Paul Laurence Dunbar | October 20, 2020

A Poem by Phillis Wheatley, The First Published African American Poet

By Phillis Wheatley | October 20, 2020

Cuyahoga

By Lit Hub Excerpts | October 20, 2020

The Wind Traveler

The Wind Traveler

Alonso Cueto, translated by Frank Wynne and Jessie Mendez Sayer

By Lit Hub Excerpts | October 19, 2020

A Poem by Nelly Sachs

A Poem by Nelly Sachs

From Flight and Metamorphosis, translated from the German by Joshua Weiner with Linda B. Parshall

By Nelly Sachs | October 19, 2020

A Way to Beat Mortality

A Way to Beat Mortality

New Fiction by Shelly Oria, in Honor of Jaime Clarke's Charlie Martens Trilogy

By Shelly Oria | October 19, 2020

Revolutions of All Colors

Revolutions of All Colors

Dewaine Farria

By Lit Hub Excerpts | October 16, 2020

The Piano Student

The Piano Student

Lea Singer, translated by Elisabeth Lauffer

By Lit Hub Excerpts | October 15, 2020

The Family Clause

The Family Clause

Jonas Hassen Khemiri (translated by Alice Menzies)

By Lit Hub Excerpts | October 14, 2020

Two Poems by Éireann Lorsung

Two Poems by Éireann Lorsung

From The Century

By Éireann Lorsung | October 13, 2020

Page 125 of 247

  • Literary Hub

    Created by Grove Atlantic and Electric Literature


    Masthead

    About

    Sign Up For Our Newsletters

    How to Pitch Lit Hub

    Advertisers: Contact Us

    Privacy Policy

    Support Lit Hub - Become A Member

    • If you buy books linked on our site, Lit Hub may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores.