RR ISSUE NO. 532
There’s No Home but There Is a Family
"The Overcoat" from SEVEN STORIES by Gina Berriault, recommended by Peter Orner
Jul 27 - Gina Berriault
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7 Books About Queer and Trans Lives on the Prairies
These are stories of hiding, surviving, and loving in the harsh flatlands of central Canada
May 19 - Sam K MacKinnon
Reading Lists
You Should Know I Found a Dead Body
An excerpt from ATTENTION-SEEKING BEHAVIOR by Aea Varfis-van Warmelo, recommended by Kimberly Campanello
May 18 - Aea Varfis-van Warmelo
RR Issue No. 730
This Novel’s Shifting Perspectives Examine Foster Care from All Sides
Rachel León’s “How We See the Gray” is a compassionate, nuanced look at those impacted by the foster care system
May 18 - Jen St. Jude
interviews
We Need to Talk About Bad Writing
Not everything I write needs to be the best thing I’ve written
May 15 - Benjamin Schaefer
Craft
12 Books About Losing Perspective in Los Angeles
The LA novel understands that it’s selling the American Dream, only bigger
May 15 - Luke B. Goebel
Reading Lists
The Neighbor Who Stalked Me
I felt hunted by him, but legally, his routine was treated as a hobby, like birdwatching
May 14 - Faith Palermo
Personal Narrative
Exclusive Cover Reveal of “Distortion” by Kathryn Bromwich
A compact mirror betrays an unsettling crack in the veneer of beauty and self-perception
May 14 - Electric Literature
Cover Reveals
Now Welcoming All Bees Onboard the Flight
Two poems by Russell Brakefield
May 13 - Russell Brakefield
poetry
A Deaf Manifesto on Motherhood
Sara Nović’s “Mother Tongue” is both a sharp history of deaf ableism in America and tender examination of family
May 13 - D/Annie Liontas
Interviews
For These Poets, Feral Girl Summer Is an Eternal State of Mind
These poetry collections refuse to be palatable or cave to curated perfection
May 12 - Maria Giesbrecht
Reading Lists
A Debut Novel Where Plastic Surgery Obscures and Reveals a Mother’s True Self
Through cosmetic surgery and reality TV, Sarah Wang's "New Skin" tells a mother-daughter story of immigration and assimilation
May 12 - Cherry Lou Sy
interviews
His Girlfriend’s Love Is as Poisonous as a Mushroom
“Wild Food” from THE GOOD EYE by Jess Gibson, recommended by Molly McGhee
May 11 - Jess Gibson
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