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Unlike Miss Havisham, I Chose To End My Marriage
How Charles Dickens’ beloved character gave me permission to take back and rebuild my life
Jan 27 - Shannon Azzato Stephens
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Genderqueer Short Stories About the Ways We Mythologize Our Identities
Morgan Thomas, author of "Manywhere," on queer joy and what we inherit from our ancestors
Jan 27 - Matthew Mastricova
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"The Daring Life of Philippa Cook," from Manywhere by Morgan Thomas, recommended by Meredith Talusan
Jan 26 - Morgan Thomas
RR Issue No. 506
I Needed to Know if My Favorite Books Were Products of Cultural Appropriation
From Steinbeck to Foster, Cindy Fazzi reexamines some of literature’s most loved classic novels
Jan 26 - Cindy Fazzi
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Like Anne Rice, I Wanted To Pursue My Own Strangeness, Darkness, and Power
How the Queen of Gothic lit gave Lisa Locascio Nighthawk a career roadmap, and insight about her mother
Jan 25 - Lisa Locascio Nighthawk
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The Daring Life of Philippa Cook the Rogue
"The Daring Life of Philippa Cook," from Manywhere by Morgan Thomas, recommended by Meredith Talusan
Jan 26 - Morgan Thomas
RR Issue No. 506
The Best Sex Takes Three Loads of Laundry
"Lint," flash fiction by Nathan Alling Long
Jan 24 - Nathan Alling Long
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My Slut Shaming Ghost Can Go to Hell
"Here Preached His Last," from Shit Cassandra Saw by Gwen E. Kirby, recommended by Rachel Yoder
Jan 19 - Gwen E. Kirby
RR Issue No. 505
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