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The Third Love

The Third Love

Hiromi Kawakami (trans. Ted Goossen)

By Lit Hub Excerpts | October 20, 2025

A Tour of the Private: Traversing the Physical and Memory Landscape of North America

A Tour of the Private: Traversing the Physical and Memory Landscape of North America

Joanna Pocock Retraces Her Transcontinental Journey and Revisits the Circumstances That Motivated It

By Joanna Pocock | August 14, 2025

Irenosen Okojie on Creating New Mythologies

Irenosen Okojie on Creating New Mythologies

In Praise of the Excitement of Reinterpretation

By Irenosen Okojie | July 11, 2025

An Earthquake is A Shaking of the Surface of the Earth

An Earthquake is A Shaking of the Surface of the Earth

Anna Moschovakis

By Lit Hub Excerpts | November 21, 2024

How the Prospect of Publishing Can Paralyze the Writing Process

How the Prospect of Publishing Can Paralyze the Writing Process

Sofia Samatar on Balancing Self-Compartmentalization With the Joy of Creation

By Sofia Samatar | August 14, 2024

“Dear Unfeeling Martinis,” a Poem by JoAnna Novak

“Dear Unfeeling Martinis,” a Poem by JoAnna Novak

From the Collection “Domestirexia”

By JoAnna Novak | July 19, 2024

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