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Poem
“Night Terrors,” a Poem by Sharon Olds
From the 45th Anniversary Edition from “Satan Says”
By
Sharon Olds
| September 10, 2025
An Excerpt From “All Souls,” by Kevin Young
From the Collection “Night Watch”
By
Kevin Young
| September 8, 2025
“Toni Morrison,” a Prose Poem by Nikki Giovanni
From the Collection “The New Book”
By
Nikki Giovanni
| September 3, 2025
To Write Poetry After Gaza is a Necessity
Huda Fakhreddine on Paul Celan and How Gaza Translates the World
By
Huda Fakhreddine
| August 28, 2025
“Intercom,” a Prose Poem by Richard Siken
From the Collection “I Do Know Some Things”
By
Richard Siken
| August 26, 2025
“Old Song,” a Poem by Nima Hasan
Huda Fakhreddine: “A real poem is never only of the moment. A real poem defeats time, every time.”
By
Nima Hasan
| August 15, 2025
Best Reviewed
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“Blood Moon,” a Prose Poem by Anne Waldman
By
Anne Waldman
| August 14, 2025
“Black History Minute,” a Poem by Harryette Mullen
By
Harryette Mullen
| August 6, 2025
“Reading,” a Poem by Emily Skillings
By
Emily Skillings
| August 4, 2025
“On Bilocation,” a Poem by Remi Graves
From the Collection “coal”
By
Remi Graves
| July 29, 2025
“How Much We Died...”
A Poem by Nasser Rabah
“nothing left in the day’s haggard pockets / but dizzying hunger and rows of rubble”
By
Nasser Rabah
| July 1, 2025
“The Burden of Words,” a Poem by Fatemeh Shams
“They say to write poetry after atrocity is barbaric / but what else remains?”
By
Fatemeh Shams
| June 30, 2025
“Thermal Imaging,” a Poem by DeeSoul Carson
From the Latest Issue of the Michigan Quarterly Review
By
DeeSoul Carson
| June 26, 2025
On the Lit Hub Podcast: Joan Didion’s Privacy, Writers Beware, and Wes Anderson
featuring Evelyn McDonnell, Kate McKean, Brittany K. Allen, and Drew Broussard
By
The Lit Hub Podcast
| June 6, 2025
“Poetics,” a Poem by Aaron Shurin
From the Collection “Elixir: New and Selected Poems”
By
Aaron Shurin
| June 6, 2025
On the Lit Hub Podcast: Fighting Words and Magical Romance
Jenny Hamilton on romantasy and George M. Johnson on book bans
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The Lit Hub Podcast
| May 30, 2025
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