• Fiction and Poetry

    Excerpts

    American Spy

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  February 11, 2019
    Poets

    Three Poems by Thea Brown

    By Thea Brown  February 8, 2019
    Excerpts

    The Study of Animal Languages

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  February 8, 2019
    Excerpts

    The Familiars

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  February 7, 2019
    Short story writers

    “The Waters of Time”

    By Mia Couto  February 6, 2019
    Poets

    ‘Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner’A Poem by Morgan Parker

    By Morgan Parker  February 5, 2019
    Excerpts

    Notes from a Black Woman’s Diary

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  February 5, 2019
    Excerpts

    The Man Who Couldn’t Die

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  February 4, 2019
    Excerpts

    The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  February 1, 2019
    Poets

    ‘Driving to Town Late to Mail a Letter,’A Poem by Robert Bly

    By Robert Bly  January 31, 2019
    Short story writers

    Honey in the Carcase

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  January 31, 2019
    Essay

    How Did an Architect of the Slam Poetry Scene Become Its Public Enemy No. 1?

    By Vangmayi Parakala  January 30, 2019
    Excerpts

    Golden Child

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  January 30, 2019
    Excerpts

    The End of Loneliness

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  January 29, 2019
    Poets

    Two Poems by Hala Alyan

    By Hala Alyan  January 29, 2019
    Excerpts

    “Prickly Jasmine”

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  January 28, 2019
    Poets

    “Duty,” A Poem by Sarah Gambito

    By Sarah Gambito  January 25, 2019
    Short story writers

    “Sugar Baby”

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  January 25, 2019
    Excerpts

    The Enlightened Army

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  January 24, 2019
    Close Reading

    Lessons From a Newly-Discovered Sylvia Plath Story

    By Emily Van Duyne  January 24, 2019
    Close Reading

    On the Overlooked Eroticism of Mary Oliver

    By Jeanna Kadlec  January 23, 2019
    Excerpts

    Holy Lands

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  January 23, 2019
    Excerpts

    Talent

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  January 22, 2019
    Feature

    How Mary Oliver Helped Me to Breathe Again

    By Brandon Taylor  January 18, 2019
    Excerpts

    The Orphan of Salt Winds

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  January 18, 2019
    Excerpts

    Still In Love

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  January 17, 2019
    Poets

    ‘Meeting you in the first place was great though’ A Poem by Rachael Allen

    By Rachael Allen  January 17, 2019
    Essay

    Reading Across America: Have Your Poetry and Eat It, Too

    By Laura Winnick  January 16, 2019
    Excerpts

    Adèle

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  January 16, 2019
    Poets

    New Poetry by DaMaris Hill

    By DaMaris Hill  January 16, 2019
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