• Fiction and Poetry

    Poets

    When I Say Jesus Was My Boyfriend, a Poem by Erin Adair-Hodges

    By Erin Adair-Hodges  April 9, 2018
    Short story writers

    “Invisible Yet Enduring Lilacs”

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  April 9, 2018
    Conversations

    Ursula K. Le Guin: Dictators are Always Afraid of Poets

    By David Naimon  April 6, 2018
    Excerpts

    Blue Self-Portrait

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  April 6, 2018
    Poets

    4 Poems by Lola Ridge

    By Literary Hub  April 6, 2018
    Short story writers

    Two Stories

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  April 5, 2018
    Excerpts

    The Emissary

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  April 5, 2018
    Excerpts

    The Girl Who Never Read Noam Chomsky

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  April 5, 2018
    Excerpts

    The Chandelier

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  April 4, 2018
    Short story writers

    “The Epidemic”

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  April 3, 2018
    Excerpts

    Whirlaway: The Great American Loony Bin, Horseplaying, & Record-Collecting Novel

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  April 2, 2018
    Feature

    47 of Your Favorite Writers on Their Favorite Poems

    By Emily Temple  April 2, 2018
    News

    France’s Beloved Short Story Dispensers Are Coming to America

    By Matt Grant  April 2, 2018
    Feature

    10 New Poetry Collections to Read During National Poetry Month

    By Cassidy Foust  April 2, 2018
    Short story writers

    “Captain Renzi”

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  March 30, 2018
    Excerpts

    Census

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  March 29, 2018
    Excerpts

    Let’s No One Get Hurt

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  March 28, 2018
    Conversations

    Wendy Xu on the Impossible Complexity of Immigrant Love

    By Peter Mishler  March 27, 2018
    Excerpts

    Feast Days

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  March 27, 2018
    Excerpts

    The Gunners

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  March 26, 2018
    Short story writers

    “The Dot Sisters”

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  March 23, 2018
    Poets

    My Hotel Room at the Crowne Plaza, Dubai

    By Jerry Pinto  March 23, 2018
    Poem

    Landscape with Written Statement by Lynn Melnick

    By Lynn Melnick  March 23, 2018
    Excerpts

    Stray City

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  March 22, 2018
    Feature

    Legacy by Reginald Dwayne Betts

    By Reginald Dwayne Betts  March 22, 2018
    Excerpts

    The Fighter

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  March 21, 2018
    Excerpts

    John Edgar Wideman: Of Course I Anticipated Disaster

    By John Edgar Wideman  March 21, 2018
    Feature

    Dear Melissa By TC Tolbert

    By TC Tolbert  March 21, 2018
    Feature

    Hooligan By Philipp Winkler

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  March 21, 2018
    Feature

    Elephants in the Garden By Meral Kureyshi

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  March 21, 2018
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