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“I’ve wanted to be a mother for as long as I can recall. As a child, I had no friends my own age. At school, I preferred to play imaginary games with the younger kids in the playground.” Read from Saba Sams’s new novel,Gunk. | Lit Hub Fiction
MAKE 2026 THE YEAR OF MORRISON
Indulge in six stunning repackages of Toni Morrison’s novels, featuring introductions from modern literary geniuses, perfect for any longtime fan or new reader alike.
On Maurice Gee’s Going Westand “the tension between an imported tradition of peripatetic nation-making and the realities of life in a Pacific archipelago.” | Public Books
Greg Barnhisel on how editor Malcolm Cowley changed the status of American writing: “The story of Cowley’s career is a story not just of the convergence of generational literary talent but of a country refining the image it would present to the rest of the world.” | The New Republic
A REDISCOVERED DYSTOPIAN CLASSIC
If you want to live forever, you have to pay for it. First published in 1969, this chilling Danish sci-fi novel asks vital questions about aging, death, and scientific progress. “A dazzling, deadpan nightmare.” –Kaliane Bradley, author of The Ministry of Time
