• Fiction and Poetry

    Short Story

    “Some Female Cats and People”

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  April 8, 2019
    Excerpts

    Henry, Himself

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  April 5, 2019
    Short Story

    ‘Alcatraz’
    A Story by Leanne Shapton

    By Leanne Shapton  April 4, 2019
    Excerpts

    A Wonderful Stroke of Luck

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  April 4, 2019
    Excerpts

    Lost and Wanted

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  April 3, 2019
    Poets

    ‘We Used to Call it Puerto Rico Rain,’
    A Poem by Willie Perdomo

    By Willie Perdomo  April 2, 2019
    Excerpts

    Crossing

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  April 2, 2019
    Excerpts

    The Republic

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  April 1, 2019
    Poets

    ‘The Book of Petitions,’ A Poem by Vénus Khoury-Ghata

    By Vénus Khoury-Ghata  March 29, 2019
    Excerpts

    The Old Drift

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  March 29, 2019
    Excerpts

    A Change of Time

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  March 28, 2019
    Essay

    Maybe Becoming a Poet Just for the Praise Was Not a Good Move

    By Jessie Gaynor  March 27, 2019
    Excerpts

    Meet the Reclusive Woman Who Became a Pioneer of Science Fiction

    By Brad Ricca  March 27, 2019
    Poets

    ‘The Proof’ A Poem by Toi Derricotte

    By Toi Derricotte  March 27, 2019
    Excerpts

    The Cook

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  March 27, 2019
    Poets

    On Being Black in Appalachia: A Response to J.D. Vance

    By Keith S. Wilson  March 26, 2019
    Excerpts

    “Sing to It”

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  March 26, 2019
    In Memoriam

    ‘Is This a Poem?!’ Remembering Linda Gregg

    By Timothy Liu  March 25, 2019
    Conversations

    Richard Blanco: ‘I Don’t Subscribe to the Notion of Writer’s Block’

    By Richard Blanco  March 25, 2019
    In Memoriam

    ‘Asking for Directions’ A Poem by Linda Gregg

    By Linda Gregg  March 25, 2019
    Poets

    ‘Hiawatha Highway, Minneapolis’A Poem by Ed Bok Lee

    By Ed Bok Lee  March 25, 2019
    Excerpts

    Boy Swallows Universe

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  March 25, 2019
    Excerpts

    The Other Americans

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  March 22, 2019
    Archives

    Charles Simic and Barry Lopez, on a Roadtrip, 1972

    By Barry Lopez  March 21, 2019
    Excerpts

    Arturo’s Island

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  March 21, 2019
    Essay

    Writing Poetry to Find a Father Worth Grieving

    By Edgar Kunz  March 20, 2019
    Poets

    ‘The Idea of Others’A Poem by Brenda Shaughnessy

    By Brenda Shaughnessy  March 20, 2019
    Excerpts

    Make Me a City

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  March 20, 2019
    Poets

    ‘Rain Travel’ a Poem By W.S. Merwin

    By W.S. Merwin  March 19, 2019
    Poets

    On the Poetic Legacy of W.S. Merwin

    By John Freeman  March 19, 2019
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