• Fiction and Poetry

    New Poetry

    New Poetry Recommendations for the Month of May

    By Rebecca Morgan Frank  May 1, 2023
    Daily Fiction

    Bread Givers

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  April 28, 2023
    The Hub

    Poet Sarah Holland-Batt wins the 2023 Stella Prize.

    By Janet Manley  April 27, 2023
    Daily Fiction

    “Three Parts in Which Emre Kills His Daughters”

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  April 27, 2023
    Daily Fiction

    In the Orchard

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  April 26, 2023
    Daily Fiction

    We Are a Haunting

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  April 25, 2023
    Short Story

    “The Blackhills”

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  April 24, 2023
    Daily Fiction

    “Ira & the Whale”

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  April 24, 2023
    Daily Fiction

    “Happy Is a Doing Word”

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  April 24, 2023
    Poetry

    “Equinox ‘75,” a Poem by Ursula Le Guin

    By Ursula K. Le Guin  April 24, 2023
    Poetry

    “Reversible Poem in Dishwater,” a Poem by Emily Lee Luan

    By Emily Lee Luan  April 24, 2023
    Daily Fiction

    Second Star: And Other Reasons for Lingering

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  April 24, 2023
    Poetry

    “Orelia, from ever.” Poetry by Melanie Rae Thon

    By Melanie Rae Thon  April 21, 2023
    Daily Fiction

    Fire Rush

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  April 20, 2023
    Daily Fiction

    “Instructions for the Drowning”

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  April 19, 2023
    Daily Fiction

    The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  April 18, 2023
    Daily Fiction

    If We’re Being Honest

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  April 17, 2023
    Poetry

    “Prompt,” a Poem by Rebecca Foust

    By Rebecca Foust  April 14, 2023
    Daily Fiction

    Juno Loves Legs

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  April 14, 2023
    Short Story Writing

    On the Outsize Power of the Short Story (AKA the Genre of “High Genius”)

    By Daphne Kalotay  April 13, 2023
    Daily Fiction

    “After Everything”

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  April 13, 2023
    Daily Fiction

    The Dead Are Gods

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  April 12, 2023
    Daily Fiction

    Chrysalis

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  April 11, 2023
    Daily Fiction

    Island City

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  April 10, 2023
    Daily Fiction

    Pomegranate

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  April 7, 2023
    Daily Fiction

    “All the Bullets Were Made in My Country”

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  April 6, 2023
    Daily Fiction

    The Lost Wife

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  April 5, 2023
    Daily Fiction

    Cursed Bread

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  April 4, 2023
    Poetry

    “Variations on This Land.” A New Poem by Tim Z. Hernandez

    By Tim Z. Hernandez  April 3, 2023
    Daily Fiction

    Lori & Joe

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  April 3, 2023
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