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"I believe that heroes are essential for our own development"

For today's #LitFriday, we discovered two essays from legendary author Madeline L'Engle, both free to read at Project MUSE thru 31 July

First, a meditation on heroic figures in The Lion & the Unicorn: tiny.one/y2786e4k
Madeleine L'Engle Read two classic articles at Project MUSE Free thru 31 July #LitFriday HOPKINS PRESS JOURNALS Illustrated with an author photo of Madeline L'Engle and the cover art from The Lion & the Unicorn and Children's Literature The Heroic in Literature and in Living The Lion and the Unicorn 13.1, June 1989 “I had a lot of heroes and heroines when I was a child, and I believe that heroes are essential for our own development, because they are models for us, giving us hope that we, too, can do amazing things beyond ordinary capacity.” Childlike Wonder and the Truths of Science Fiction Children's Literature Vol 10, 1982 “In science fiction I found the questions about the meaning of life that all of us ask sooner or later. Children have always been interested in these cosmic questions and riddles which adults often attempt to tame by placing into categories fit only for scientists or adults or theologians...Science fiction and fantasy appeal to a certain kind of mind."
July 10, 2026 at 11:51 AM
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It's special podcast for #LitFriday and #PoetryMonth!

Shizuka Omori reading her Six Tanka from the new issue of Literary Imagination, with translations by Yuki Tanaka, followed by a conversation with editor Paul Franz about tanka and translation

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Six Tanka by Shizuka Omori Translations by Yuki Tanaka Literary Imagination editor Paul Franz in conversation with Shizuka Omori and Yuki Tanaka about the tanka tradition and the process of poetic translation Hopkins Press Podcast www.press.jhu.edu/multimedia Illustrated with photographs of Shizuka Omori, Yuki Tanaka, Paul Franz, and the cover art of Literary Imagination
April 10, 2026 at 5:06 PM
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Get in, we're celebrating Juneteenth by reading Ralph Ellison!

Read Cadillac Flambé, a short story from Ellison's unfinished manuscript JUNETEENTH, which appeared in the Spring 1995 issue of Callaloo Journal

Free on Project MUSE thru 5 July

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Ralph Ellison Hopkins Press Journals Cadillac Flambé Callaloo 24.2 Spring 2001 Ralph Ellison, Juneteenth, and African American Prophecy Christopher Z. Hobson MFS 51.3, Fall 2005 Read free @ Project MUSE thru 5 July Illustrated with covers from Callaloo and MFS and a 1961 author photo of Ralph Ellison
June 19, 2026 at 12:00 PM
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For a deeper dive into Ellison's JUNETEENTH, we're also sharing "Ralph Ellison, Juneteenth, and African American Prophecy" by Christopher Z. Hobson from the Fall 2005 issue of MFS

Read free on Project MUSE thru 5 July

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Ralph Ellison Hopkins Press Journals Cadillac Flambé Callaloo 24.2 Spring 2001 Ralph Ellison, Juneteenth, and African American Prophecy Christopher Z. Hobson MFS 51.3, Fall 2005 Read free @ Project MUSE thru 5 July Illustrated with covers from Callaloo and MFS and a 1961 author photo of Ralph Ellison
June 19, 2026 at 12:00 PM
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Ocean Vuong is our featured poet for this week's #LitFriday, with two poems from The Yale Review:

Wood Working at the End of the World

and

The Last Prom Queen in Antarctica

Read free thru 30 June: tiny.one/5fs7j77a
Hopkins Press Journals Ocean Vuong Wood Working at the End of the World The Last Prom Queen in Antarctica The Yale Review 109.1, Spring 2021 Illustrated with the cover art of the Spring 2021 issue of The Yale Review and a photograph of Ocean Vuong (2019 photo by Slowking, CC BY-SA 2.0 iicense via Wikimedia Commons) Read free @ Project MUSE through 30 June
June 26, 2026 at 12:38 PM
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Rita Dove's birthday was last week, and we're still celebrating her work this #LitFriday

The entire Summer 2008 issue of @callaloojournal.bsky.social devoted to Rita Dove is free to read on Project MUSE through Labor Day

Enjoy: tiny.one/4ba88x4c
#LitFriday Celebrating Rita Dove A special issue of Callaloo 31.3 Summer 2008 Read free @ Project MUSE through 7 September Hopkins Press Journals
September 4, 2026 at 6:15 PM
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In flashes of memory, Karen Alkalay-Gut explores her family history escaping the Holocaust

Read poems from her collection SURVIVORS, as featured in the January/July 2023 issue of Journal of Jewish Identities, free on Project MUSE thru 15 May: tiny.one/45m827u7

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“Why are they in poetry form and not documents? Because I only have bits of stories and flashes of memories. Perhaps these poems will help me find more information to round out the family history. In any case, I hope they will help others understand a bit more of what was endured.” Poems Karen Alkalay-Gut #LitFriday Journal of Jewish Identities 16.1-2, January/July 2023 Read free @ Project MUSE thru 15 May Illustrated with the cover of Journal of Jewish Identities and a photograph of Karen Alkalay-Gut (Picture taken by Mickael Dickel, CC BY-SA 3.0)
May 1, 2026 at 6:35 PM
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Today's #LitFriday offering is a Poe-inspired poem by the Bram Stoker-award-winning author Linda D. Addison

On My Own
(Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's "Alone")
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Read free in Poe Studies thru 15 June
Linda D. Addison On My Own (Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's "Alone") Responding to Poe's Call: An Interview with Linda D. Addison HOPKINS PRESS JOURNALS Poe Studies Volume 56, 2023 Read Free thru 15 June at Project MUSE Illustrated with a photo of Linda D. Addison by Chris Lamb from Wikimedia Commons and the cover art from the 2023 issue of Poe Studies
May 22, 2026 at 6:47 PM
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"I believe that heroes are essential for our own development"

ICYMI #LitFriday, we discovered two essays from legendary author Madeline L'Engle, both free to read at Project MUSE thru 31 July

First, a meditation on heroic figures in The Lion & the Unicorn: tiny.one/y2786e4k
Madeleine L'Engle Read two classic articles at Project MUSE Free thru 31 July #LitFriday HOPKINS PRESS JOURNALS Illustrated with an author photo of Madeline L'Engle and the cover art from The Lion & the Unicorn and Children's Literature The Heroic in Literature and in Living The Lion and the Unicorn 13.1, June 1989 “I had a lot of heroes and heroines when I was a child, and I believe that heroes are essential for our own development, because they are models for us, giving us hope that we, too, can do amazing things beyond ordinary capacity.” Childlike Wonder and the Truths of Science Fiction Children's Literature Vol 10, 1982 “In science fiction I found the questions about the meaning of life that all of us ask sooner or later. Children have always been interested in these cosmic questions and riddles which adults often attempt to tame by placing into categories fit only for scientists or adults or theologians...Science fiction and fantasy appeal to a certain kind of mind."
July 14, 2026 at 1:17 PM
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Philosopher and poet Christopher Norris is today's featured #LitFriday contributor, with his "ChatGPT: a psychomachia" from SubStance 53.1 — a poem that began as debate between poets about whether AI can write poems

Read free at Project MUSE: tiny.one/yucn8tue
ChatGPT: a psychomachia Christopher Norris SubStance 53.1, 2024 Read free at Project MUSE Hopkins Press Journals Illustrated with the cover of SubStance 53.1
July 24, 2026 at 6:56 PM
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Hannah Fenster's meditation on mortality and movement at the Asheville Butoh Festival is today's #LitFriday pick

Her new creative nonfiction is free to read #S2O #OpenAccess in the latest issue of @hopkinsreview.bsky.social: tiny.one/yc7ubusc
In the Body, a Meeting of Dance and Death Hannah Fenster The Hopkins Review 19.3, Summer 2026 S2O Open Access @ Project MUSE Hopkins Press Journals Illustrated with an author photo and the cover art of the Summer 2026 issue of the Hopkins Review
August 28, 2026 at 12:57 PM
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Today's #LitFriday featured poet is Sylvia Jones, with two poems from the Winter 2022 issue of The Hopkins Review

Perpetual Resin: A Cento
and
First Black Cop Bop

Read free Project MUSE thru 30 April

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LIT FRIDAY “what ceases to tick just before dawn cannot be my heart” Two poems by Sylvia Jones Perpetual Resin: A Cento First Black Cop Bop The Hopkins Review 15.1, Winter 2022 Read free through 30 April at Project MUSE HOPKINS PRESS JOURNALS Illustrated with the cover of the Winter 2022 issue of The Hopkins Review
April 19, 2026 at 1:45 PM
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“A poem can be compromised but should never be a compromise”

Today's #PoetryMonth #LitFriday read is Mathew Weitman's "Adagia" — an aphoristic meditation on the nature of poetry — from the new issue of Wallace Stevens Journal

Read free, #S20 #OpenAccess via Project MUSE
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“A poem can be compromised but should never be a compromise” LIT FRIDAY Adagia Mathew Weitman HOPKINS PRESS JOURNALS Wallace Stevens Journal 50.1, Spring 2026 Read free S20 Open Access at Project MUSE Illustrated with the cover of the new issue of Wallace Stevens Journal
April 3, 2026 at 6:02 PM
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Dive into Karen Alkalay-Gut's poignant exploration of her family's Holocaust survival in SURVIVORS. Experience her moving poems from the January/July 2023 Journal of Jewish Identities issue for free on Project MUSE until 15 May: tiny.one/45m827u7

#Poetry #FamilyHistory
“Why are they in poetry form and not documents? Because I only have bits of stories and flashes of memories. Perhaps these poems will help me find more information to round out the family history. In any case, I hope they will help others understand a bit more of what was endured.” Poems Karen Alkalay-Gut #LitFriday Journal of Jewish Identities 16.1-2, January/July 2023 Read free @ Project MUSE thru 15 May Illustrated with the cover of Journal of Jewish Identities and a photograph of Karen Alkalay-Gut (Picture taken by Mickael Dickel, CC BY-SA 3.0)
May 4, 2026 at 6:51 PM
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Philip K. Dick asks Who Is An SF author? — answering "We live in the exciting world of ‘possible maybes.'"

The new issue of CEA Critic revisits the legendary author's essay from 1974, and it's free to read at Project MUSE through 20 April

Today on #LitFriday
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“Writing sf requires humanity.... We live in the exciting world of ‘possible maybes.’” Who Is An SF Writer? Philip K. Dick The CEA Critic 88.1, March 2026 Reprint: Special "Chap Book" Edition of The CEA Critic, Nov. 1974 Read free @ Project MUSE thru 20 April Illustrated with cover art from the March 2026 issue of The CEA Critic and a public domain author photo of Phillip K. Dick
March 20, 2026 at 1:26 PM
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Today's #LitFriday is rooted in A. Emiko Blalock's narrative research into the stories of women medical students navigating their med school journeys

Read "Not Remembering" — #S2O #OpenAccess in the new issue of Literature and Medicine at Project MUSE

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Not Remembering A. Emiko Blalock “I cannot know our family because there is no written record there is only not remembering by those who are not here anymore” Literature and Medicine 43, Number 1, Spring 2025 S2O Open Access @ Project MUSE Illustrated with the cover art from the Spring 2025 issue of Literature and Medicine and a faculty page photograph of A. Emiko Blalock
June 5, 2026 at 1:07 PM
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Read newly-discovered prose by George Egerton, an icon of the 19th century 'New Woman' movement, introduced by Margaret D. Stetz and Alex Murray in the new issue of CUSP

This — and the whole issue — is free, #S2O #OpenAccess at Project MUSE

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LIT FRIDAY "That Which Draweth" A lost prose sketch by George Egerton Margaret D. Stetz and Alex Murray introduce a newly-discovered sketch by one of the most important writers of the New Woman movement of the 19th century CUSP Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Cultures 4.1, Winter 2026 READ THE ISSUE FREE Open Access via Project MUSE HOPKINS PRESS JOURNALS S2O Open Access Illustrated with the cover of CUSP and a public domain photograph of George Egerton from 1896
March 27, 2026 at 1:24 PM
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Today on #LitFriday, we hit the road with Onna Solomon, whose poem "Hitchhiking to Roussillon" appears in the newest issue of The Hopkins Review

Read free, #S2O #OpenAccess via Project MUSE

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Hitchhiking to Roussillon Onna Solomon “It was summer, I know that much. My anthem Joni's "Cactus Tree": while she's so busy The Hopkins Review 19.2, Spring 2026 S2O Open Access @ Project MUSE HOPKINS PRESS JOURNALS Illustrated with the cover art from the Spring 2026 issue of The Hopkins Review
August 7, 2026 at 6:52 PM
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Today's #LitFriday featured poet is Sylvia Jones, with two poems from the Winter 2022 issue of The Hopkins Review

Perpetual Resin: A Cento
and
First Black Cop Bop

Read free Project MUSE thru 30 April

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LIT FRIDAY “what ceases to tick just before dawn cannot be my heart” Two poems by Sylvia Jones Perpetual Resin: A Cento First Black Cop Bop The Hopkins Review 15.1, Winter 2022 Read free through 30 April at Project MUSE HOPKINS PRESS JOURNALS Illustrated with the cover of the Winter 2022 issue of The Hopkins Review
April 17, 2026 at 1:11 PM
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Today on #LitFriday — Chelsea Lemon Fetzer offers a vintage vignette about a fleeting encounter, from the Spring 2008 issue of Callaloo

Read "One Night Stand" free at Project MUSE through the end of June

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Chelsea Lemon Fetzer One Night Stand "“There is no first day, only the noise of memory mistaken for song.” Callaloo 31.2, Spring 2008 Read free through 30 June at Project MUSE Illustrated with an author photo of Chelsea Lemon Fetzer and the cover art from Callaloo 31.2 HOPKINS PRESS JOURNALS
June 12, 2026 at 1:12 PM
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Today's #LitFriday offering is a Poe-inspired poem by the Bram Stoker-award-winning author Linda D. Addison

On My Own
(Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's "Alone")
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Read free in Poe Studies thru 15 June
Linda D. Addison On My Own (Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's "Alone") Responding to Poe's Call: An Interview with Linda D. Addison HOPKINS PRESS JOURNALS Poe Studies Volume 56, 2023 Read Free thru 15 June at Project MUSE Illustrated with a photo of Linda D. Addison by Chris Lamb from Wikimedia Commons and the cover art from the 2023 issue of Poe Studies
May 25, 2026 at 6:32 PM
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Today for #LitFriday, we meet a pair of exes confronting their own personal seagull final boss

Robyn Gill's story "The Gull McCabe" from The Sewanee Review is free to read through 31 May

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#LitFriday “Are you going to protect me from the big beast with your hurl, Cúchulainn?” “I wouldn’t laugh,” you said. “Me and Gull McCabe have serious beef now. He tried to get in the kitchen window yesterday. I think he knows I’m planning something.” The Gull McCabe Robyn Gill The Sewanee Review 134.1, Winter 2026 Read free @ Project MUSE thru 31 May Illlustrated with a silhouette of a seagull and the cover art from the Winter 2026 issue of The Sewanee Review
May 8, 2026 at 6:37 PM
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"In science fiction I found the questions about the meaning of life that all of us ask sooner or later"

Read Madeline L'Engle's "Childlike Wonder and the Truths of Science Fiction" from Children's Literature, free thru 31 July at Project MUSE

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Madeleine L'Engle Read two classic articles at Project MUSE Free thru 31 July #LitFriday HOPKINS PRESS JOURNALS Illustrated with an author photo of Madeline L'Engle and the cover art from The Lion & the Unicorn and Children's Literature The Heroic in Literature and in Living The Lion and the Unicorn 13.1, June 1989 “I had a lot of heroes and heroines when I was a child, and I believe that heroes are essential for our own development, because they are models for us, giving us hope that we, too, can do amazing things beyond ordinary capacity.” Childlike Wonder and the Truths of Science Fiction Children's Literature Vol 10, 1982 “In science fiction I found the questions about the meaning of life that all of us ask sooner or later. Children have always been interested in these cosmic questions and riddles which adults often attempt to tame by placing into categories fit only for scientists or adults or theologians...Science fiction and fantasy appeal to a certain kind of mind."
July 10, 2026 at 11:51 AM
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ICYMI: Today for #LitFriday, we meet a pair of exes confronting their own personal seagull final boss

Robyn Gill's story "The Gull McCabe" from The Sewanee Review is free to read through 31 May

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#LitFriday “Are you going to protect me from the big beast with your hurl, Cúchulainn?” “I wouldn’t laugh,” you said. “Me and Gull McCabe have serious beef now. He tried to get in the kitchen window yesterday. I think he knows I’m planning something.” The Gull McCabe Robyn Gill The Sewanee Review 134.1, Winter 2026 Read free @ Project MUSE thru 31 May Illlustrated with a silhouette of a seagull and the cover art from the Winter 2026 issue of The Sewanee Review
May 11, 2026 at 6:48 PM
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From the new #OpenAccess issue of Feminist Formations, read aman agah's poem on the Iranian Woman, Life, Freedom movement that emerged in the wake of the 2022 death of Jîna Amini

Memoriam in the fall of 2022

Read free at Project MUSE: tiny.one/ycy8zrs2

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Memoriam in the fall of 2022 “The girls of Iran are in revolt, and the diaspIranians call for solidarity” Poetry by aman agah Feminist Formations 37.3, Winter 2025 READ THE NEW ISSUE FREE Open Access via Project MUSE HOPKINS PRESS JOURNALS S20 Open Access Illustrated with an author photo of aman agah and the cover art from the latest issue of Feminist Formations
May 15, 2026 at 1:59 PM