• Fiction and Poetry

    Awards

    Why Were They Throwing Bricks?

    By Jenny Zhang  May 16, 2018
    Awards

    Stop ’n’ Go

    By Michael Parker  May 16, 2018
    Awards

    How We Eat

    By Mark Jude Poirier  May 16, 2018
    Awards

    Announcing the 2018 O. Henry Prize Stories

    By Literary Hub  May 16, 2018
    Awards

    Nayla

    By Youmna Chlala  May 16, 2018
    Feature

    Poets Respond to the Anniversary of Nakba

    By Literary Hub  May 16, 2018
    Short story writers

    Taking Mr Ravenswood

    By William Trevor  May 15, 2018
    Feature

    7 Writers Share Their Favorite William Trevor Story

    By Literary Hub  May 15, 2018
    Excerpts

    Slave Old Man

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  May 15, 2018
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    “Lover”

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  May 14, 2018
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    Miss Subways

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  May 11, 2018
    Excerpts

    ‘What If You Get Pregnant? Would You Be Okay with That?’

    By Sheila Heti  May 11, 2018
    Short story writers

    Rubik

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  May 10, 2018
    Short story writers

    “Frank at the End of the World”

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  May 9, 2018
    Poets

    From Tommy Pico’s Book-Length Poem, Junk

    By Tommy Pico  May 9, 2018
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    Adjustment Day

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  May 8, 2018
    Short story writers

    “The Coffin House”

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  May 7, 2018
    Excerpts

    Rome is the City of Poets

    By Karl Kirchwey  May 4, 2018
    Excerpts

    Nioque of the Early-Spring

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  May 4, 2018
    Excerpts

    The Optimistic Decade

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  May 3, 2018
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    The President’s Gardens

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  May 2, 2018
    Short story writers

    “White People”

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  May 1, 2018
    Excerpts

    “A Bet is Placed”

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  April 30, 2018
    Short story writers

    Flash Fiction Courtesy of Independent Bookstore Day!

    By Literary Hub  April 27, 2018
    In the classroom

    When, Exactly, Do Children Start Thinking They Hate Poetry?

    By Chris Harris  April 26, 2018
    Poets

    Three Poems from New-Generation African Poets

    By Literary Hub  April 26, 2018
    Short story writers

    “Motivated Individuals”

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  April 26, 2018
    Excerpts

    The Mercy Seat

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  April 25, 2018
    Poets

    Spell

    By Ann Lauterbach  April 25, 2018
    Awards

    Meet the Finalists for the World’s Richest Short Story Award

    By Literary Hub  April 24, 2018
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