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Publications

Lit Hub

World Travel

Interpreting America at the Minsk Book Fair

In Belarus, a travel writer wrestles with his role.

Doug Mack Lit Hub Nov 2020 30min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Haunted"

A Black writer haunts a fussy editor.

Walter Mosley Lit Hub Sep 2020 15min Permalink

Travel

The Last Train Trip Before Everything Changed

Solitude, slow travel, and change

Lauren Markham Lit Hub Apr 2020 10min Permalink

Crime

The Storykiller and His Sentence

On the end of Harvey Weinstein.

Rebecca Solnit Lit Hub Mar 2020 10min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "We Only Wanted Their Happiness"

Children with internet implants.

Alexander Weinstein Lit Hub Jan 2020 Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Take It"

A homeless teen stumbles upon a strange house party.

Namwali Serpell Lit Hub Oct 2019 10min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "History of Girls"

Dead and living girls communicate in the aftermath of a disaster.

Ayşe Papatya Bucak Lit Hub Aug 2019 15min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "The Dinner Guest"

A political kidnapping.

Gabriela Ybarra Lit Hub May 2019 Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "North Country, Early Morning"

Lost love and a robbery.

Sara Batkie Lit Hub Sep 2018 10min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Whiskey & Ribbons [Excerpt]"

Family dynamics both real and imagined.

Leesa Cross-Smith Lit Hub Mar 2018 10min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Worlds from the Word's End"

A letter outlines the history and eventual decline of human communications.

Joanna Walsh Lit Hub Sep 2017 10min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "What to Do About the Solomons"

In an excerpt from the author's debut novel, LAPD officers search an affluent couple's home.

Bethany Ball Lit Hub Apr 2017 10min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Briar Switch"

A dangerous trek to visit a dying father.

Elizabeth Tallent Lit Hub Nov 2015 25min Permalink