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Necessary Fiction

Necessary Fiction

Eloghosa Osunde

By Lit Hub Excerpts | July 21, 2025

Hunting in America

Hunting in America

Tehila Hakimi (trans. Joanna Chen)

By Lit Hub Excerpts | July 18, 2025

House of Beth

House of Beth

Kerry Cullen

By Lit Hub Excerpts | July 17, 2025

Cheesecake

Cheesecake

Mark Kurlansky

By Lit Hub Excerpts | July 16, 2025

The Other Wife

The Other Wife

Jackie Thomas-Kennedy

By Lit Hub Excerpts | July 15, 2025

Blowfish

Blowfish

Kyung-ran Jo (trans. Chi-Young Kim)

By Lit Hub Excerpts | July 14, 2025

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Sing to the Western Wind

By Lit Hub Excerpts | July 11, 2025

What Kept You?

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Gary Shteyngart

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Nishant Batsha

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The Letter Carrier

The Letter Carrier

Francesca Giannone (trans. Elettra Pauletto)

By Lit Hub Excerpts | July 2, 2025

“How Much We Died...” <br>A Poem by Nasser Rabah

“How Much We Died...”
A Poem by Nasser Rabah

“nothing left in the day’s haggard pockets / but dizzying hunger and rows of rubble”

By Nasser Rabah | July 1, 2025

Wanting

Wanting

Claire Jia

By Lit Hub Excerpts | July 1, 2025

“The Burden of Words,” a Poem by Fatemeh Shams

“The Burden of Words,” a Poem by Fatemeh Shams

“They say to write poetry after atrocity is barbaric / but what else remains?”

By Fatemeh Shams | June 30, 2025

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