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    I, John Kennedy Toole

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    ‘The Shell Garages History
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    Daughters of Smoke and Fire

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  May 14, 2020
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    A Girl’s Story

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  May 13, 2020
    A Poem

    “Our Lady of Supaya”

    By Roy G. Guzmán  May 13, 2020
    Poem

    Two Poems by Joseph Brodsky

    By Joseph Brodsky  May 12, 2020
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    Vagabonds

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    A Poem

    “communication ≠ connection”

    By Jenny Zhang  May 11, 2020
    Poem

    “Blues: Odysseus”

    By Honorée Fanonne Jeffers  May 11, 2020
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    The Anthill

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    The Resolutions

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  May 8, 2020
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    Shiner

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  May 7, 2020
    Daily Fiction

    “Japanese American Gothic”

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    Vietnam

    My Displacement Has Shown Me Where My Home Is

    By Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai  May 5, 2020
    A Poem

    “The Waltz”

    By John Freeman  May 5, 2020
    Daily Fiction

    Strange Hotel

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  May 5, 2020
    Poetry

    “Thanksgiving: A Poem”

    By Ted Rees  May 4, 2020
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    Artforum

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    Poetry

    Four Poems by Eavan Boland

    By Eavan Boland  May 1, 2020
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    Fracture

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    Daily Fiction

    “Breasts and Eggs”

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  April 30, 2020
    Daily Fiction

    “The Border Fox”

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  April 29, 2020
    A Poem

    “Scribe”

    By Paul Auster  April 28, 2020
    Daily Fiction

    Swimming in the Dark

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  April 28, 2020
    Daily Fiction

    “The Heavy Things”

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  April 27, 2020
    Poetry

    A Poem by Philip Metres

    By Philip Metres  April 24, 2020
    Daily Fiction

    “Hummingbird”

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  April 24, 2020
    A Poem

    “Alone For a Week”

    By Jane Kenyon  April 23, 2020
    Daily Fiction

    A Thousand Moons

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  April 23, 2020
    Daily Fiction

    “A Room in Baltimore”

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