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"Rough Song"

A Poem by Blanca Varela

By Blanca Varela | October 22, 2020

Nikki Giovanni: Why We Need Poetry

Nikki Giovanni: Why We Need Poetry

From Make Me Rain, a Collection of Poetry and Prose

By Nikki Giovanni | October 21, 2020

"swan"

A Poem in Eight Parts by Andrew McMillan

By Andrew McMillan | October 21, 2020

A Poem by Claude McKay

A Poem by Claude McKay

Featured in Kevin Young's New Anthology of African American Poetry

By Claude McKay | October 21, 2020

A Poem by Angelina Weld Grimké

A Poem by Angelina Weld Grimké

Featured in Kevin Young's New Anthology of African American Poetry

By Angelina Weld Grimké | October 21, 2020

The Silence

The Silence

Don DeLillo

By Lit Hub Excerpts | October 21, 2020

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"Psalm Under Seige"

By Khaled Mattawa | October 20, 2020

A Poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar

By Paul Laurence Dunbar | October 20, 2020

A Poem by Phillis Wheatley, The First Published African American Poet

By Phillis Wheatley | October 20, 2020

Cuyahoga

Cuyahoga

Pete Beatty

By Lit Hub Excerpts | October 20, 2020

The Wind Traveler

The Wind Traveler

Alonso Cueto, translated by Frank Wynne and Jessie Mendez Sayer

By Lit Hub Excerpts | October 19, 2020

A Poem by Nelly Sachs

A Poem by Nelly Sachs

From Flight and Metamorphosis, translated from the German by Joshua Weiner with Linda B. Parshall

By Nelly Sachs | October 19, 2020

A Way to Beat Mortality

A Way to Beat Mortality

New Fiction by Shelly Oria, in Honor of Jaime Clarke's Charlie Martens Trilogy

By Shelly Oria | October 19, 2020

Revolutions of All Colors

Revolutions of All Colors

Dewaine Farria

By Lit Hub Excerpts | October 16, 2020

The Piano Student

The Piano Student

Lea Singer, translated by Elisabeth Lauffer

By Lit Hub Excerpts | October 15, 2020

The Family Clause

The Family Clause

Jonas Hassen Khemiri (translated by Alice Menzies)

By Lit Hub Excerpts | October 14, 2020

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