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Game of the Worlds

Game of the Worlds

César Aira (trans. Katherine Silver)

By Lit Hub Excerpts | July 26, 2024

The Lost Boy of Santa Chionia

The Lost Boy of Santa Chionia

Juliet Grames

By Lit Hub Excerpts | July 25, 2024

Liars

Liars

Sarah Manguso

By Lit Hub Excerpts | July 24, 2024

Chelsea Steinauer-Scudder on Protecting Mauna Kea

Chelsea Steinauer-Scudder on Protecting Mauna Kea

This Week from the Emergence Magazine Podcast

By Emergence Magazine | July 24, 2024

The Book of Elsewhere

The Book of Elsewhere

Keanu Reeves and China Miéville

By Lit Hub Excerpts | July 23, 2024

The Nude

The Nude

C. Michelle Lindley

By Lit Hub Excerpts | July 22, 2024

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“Dear Unfeeling Martinis,” a Poem by JoAnna Novak

By JoAnna Novak | July 19, 2024

“The Dream”

By Lit Hub Excerpts | July 19, 2024

The Seers

By Lit Hub Excerpts | July 18, 2024

Body Friend

Body Friend

Katherine Brabon

By Lit Hub Excerpts | July 17, 2024

Banal Nightmare

Banal Nightmare

Halle Butler

By Lit Hub Excerpts | July 16, 2024

The Bright Sword

The Bright Sword

Lev Grossman

By Lit Hub Excerpts | July 15, 2024

“Kiese Says, <em>Black People Deserve Beautiful Sentences</em>, but a Fragment is the Best I Can Do / Songbook for the Names I Have Been Called,” a Poem by Omotara James

“Kiese Says, Black People Deserve Beautiful Sentences, but a Fragment is the Best I Can Do / Songbook for the Names I Have Been Called,” a Poem by Omotara James

From the Collection “Song of My Softening”

By Omotara James | July 15, 2024

The Potato Eaters

The Potato Eaters

Farhad Pirbal (trans. Jiyar Homer and Alana Marie Levinson-LaBrosse)

By Lit Hub Excerpts | July 12, 2024

54 Miles

54 Miles

Leonard Pitts, Jr

By Lit Hub Excerpts | July 11, 2024

Mourning a Breast

Mourning a Breast

Xi Xi (trans. Jennifer Feeley)

By Lit Hub Excerpts | July 10, 2024

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