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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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Paul Celan and the Trans-Tibetan Angel

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Fernanda Trías (trans. Heather Cleary)

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“Instructions for the Lovers.” A Poem by Dawn Lundy Martin

“Instructions for the Lovers.” A Poem by Dawn Lundy Martin

From the Collection “Instructions for the Lovers”

By Dawn Lundy Martin | June 28, 2024

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Prairie Edge

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Conor Kerr

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“1937.” A Poem by Frederick Seidel

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