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Ten fictional professors ranked by plausibility.

One great poem to read today: Mark Doty’s “Visitation”

Lit Hub Daily: April 10, 2026

Molly Crabapple on History as a Necromantic Art

What Should You Read Next? Here Are the Best Reviewed Books of the Week

How Amazing Stories Served as the Blueprint for American Science Fiction

Meet These Delightful Bookshop Cats (and One Dog!)

On Learning About the Enslaved Men Who Dug South Carolina’s Lowcountry Canals

One Person’s Trash… On the Joys of Collecting Junk

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“Dispatch From a New York Times Article the Day Mary Oliver Died.” A Poem by Megan Gannon

Counting Backwards

Here are the winners of the 2026 Windham-Campbell Prizes.

One great poem to read today: Michael Ondaatje’s “To a Sad Daughter”

Lit Hub Daily: April 9, 2026

5 Book Reviews You Need to Read This Week

On the 1966 Poem That Warns of Bio-Acoustic Die-Off and the Destruction of Our Soundscapes

Emma Straub Owns an Original 1990 New Kids on the Block Fanny Pack

Am I the Asshole For Not Wanting to Do an Author Photo For My Debut Novel?

Read Two Poems by Leigh Lucas, “Art Monster” and “These Days”

The Annotated Nightstand: What Anne Enright is Reading Now, And Next

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