The Commuter
It’s Too Hot to Be This Close to My Family
"Ode to the New York Heat Wave" and "Bowl of Fat," two poems by Su Cho
Aug 30 - Su Cho
POPULAR in
Our Wee Town’s Violent History Is Having Its Hollywood Moment
An excerpt from PRESTIGE DRAMA by Séamas O'Reilly, recommended by Caroline O'Donoghue
Apr 27 - Séamas O’Reilly
RR Issue No. 727
7 Books About the Messy Politics of Indian Meals
Between stories of vengeful women and interdining, food becomes both life-affirming and life-destroying
Apr 27 - Asfiyah Qadri
Reading Lists
Queer Bookstores Across America to Support This Independent Bookstore Day
Check out our favorite indies around the country focusing on intersectional LGBTQ+ literature
Apr 24 - D/Annie Liontas
Reading Lists
Emma Copley Eisenberg Is Tired of the Plot Police
The “Fat Swim” author on fairytales, writing sentence by sentence, and keeping favorite authors on hand (literally)
Apr 24 - Electric Literature
interviews
My Mother Lived and Died in a Polluted Ecotone
I don’t know if unseen toxicities caused her cancer, but I can’t pull myself away from the question
Apr 23 - Sarah Giragosian
Personal Narrative
The Deepest Readers Do Not Make the Best Detectives
Patrick Cottrell’s "Afternoon Hours of a Hermit" forges a literary universe of mirrors, doublings, and mystery
Apr 23 - Evander James Reyes
interviews
The Fragile Pride of the Displaced New Englander
Two poems by Abbie Kiefer
Apr 22 - Abbie Kiefer
poetry
7 Novels That Let India’s Smaller Towns Shine
From the Himalayas to rural Madhya Pradesh, these stories explore life outside bustling metropoles
Apr 22 - Sneha Pathak
Reading Lists
7 Literary Characters Who Break the “Teen Girl” Trope
In patriarchal societies, these young women use their minds to challenge norms and create better futures
Apr 21 - Caroline Bicks
Reading Lists
How to Write Poetry in the Era of Face-Eating Algorithms
Author of "/face" William Lessard on facial recognition, surveillance, and the myth of the analog poet
Apr 21 - Joe Milazzo
interviews
Her Life in Seattle Doesn’t Translate to Beijing
“Yulan” from THE MEMORY MUSEUM by M Lin, recommended by Jeremy Tiang
Apr 20 - M Lin
RR Issue No. 726
Pakistani Literature That Refuses to Pigeonhole Its Setting
Mahreen Sohail and Dur e Aziz Amna on the problem with naming real places in literature
Apr 20 - Basmah Sakrani
interviews
