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A Close Reading of the Best Short Story Ever Written

A Close Reading of the Best Short Story Ever Written

From Your Resident Donald Barthelme Stan

By Emily Temple | July 25, 2018

"Fast Fast Fast"

Genevieve Hudson

By Lit Hub Excerpts | July 25, 2018

OK, Mr. Field

OK, Mr. Field

Katharine Kilalea

By Lit Hub Excerpts | July 24, 2018

"Stage 13"

Simon Rich

By Lit Hub Excerpts | July 23, 2018

"Model's Assistant"

Alissa Nutting

By Lit Hub Excerpts | July 20, 2018

"How to Lose"

Victoria Patterson

By Lit Hub Excerpts | July 19, 2018

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My Book of Men: On the Poetry of Survival

By Liz Bowen | July 18, 2018

The Mere Wife

By Lit Hub Excerpts | July 18, 2018

From a Low and Quiet Sea

By Lit Hub Excerpts | July 17, 2018

New Ways to Pay for More Poetry in the World

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On Kickstarter's Summer of Poetry

By Matt Grant | July 16, 2018

Early Work

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Andrew Martin

By Lit Hub Excerpts | July 13, 2018

Lala

Lala

Jacek Dehnel, Trans. Antonia Lloyd-Jones

By Lit Hub Excerpts | July 12, 2018

Nevada Days

Nevada Days

Bernardo Atxaga, Trans. Margaret Jull Costa

By Lit Hub Excerpts | July 11, 2018

Heid E. Erdrich on Putting Together <em>New Poets of Native Nations</em>

Heid E. Erdrich on Putting Together New Poets of Native Nations

From the Introduction to a New Anthology of Indigenous Poets

By Heid E. Erdrich | July 10, 2018

Suicide Club

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Rachel Heng

By Lit Hub Excerpts | July 10, 2018

25 Alice Munro Stories You Can Read Online Right Now

25 Alice Munro Stories You Can Read Online Right Now

For Use as a Master Class in Short Story Writing

By Emily Temple | July 9, 2018

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