RR ISSUE NO. 732
Every Creature in the Galapagos Has a Mate Except Me
An excerpt from FANCY MEETING YOU by Louise Marburg, recommended by Elinor Lipman
Jun 1 - Louise Marburg
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My Father Called Me His Problem Child
If there had once been a rope connecting me to him, at this point in my life it had dwindled down to a thread
Sep 10 - Hannah Levy
Personal Narrative
Exclusive Cover Reveal of MORE HAPPY LOVE by Joanna Pearson
Two dragonflies entwined in jewel-bright symmetry reflect the interweaving desire and danger in these stories
Sep 10 - Electric Literature
Cover Reveals
When It Gets Hot the Block Gets Loud
Two poems by Birch Wiley
Sep 9 - Birch Wiley
poetry
A Debut Novel About Knowing Everything and Nothing
KITTEN author Stacey Yu on emotional transference, post-grad naïveté, and the human-animal relationships that shape us
Sep 8 - Amulya Tadimety
interviews
The Barn Manager’s Grief Is Hotter Than Foreplay
An excerpt from THE LONELY GIRL'S VEGETABLE PATCH by Genevieve Plunkett, recommended by Kimberly King Parsons
Sep 7 - Genevieve Plunkett
RR Issue No. 746
7 Books About Writing the Writer
These authors turned the lives of their friends, lovers, and collaborators into literature
Sep 4 - Scott McClanahan
Reading Lists
What If There Is No Master Plan for Your Life?
I thought I knew the point at which my youth would transform into something else
Sep 3 - Kira Homsher
Personal Narrative
A Frozen Bird Too Beautiful to Bury
Three prose poems by Mike Bove
Sep 2 - Mike Bove
poetry
For Marlon James, Being Incurious Is a Writer’s Biggest Sin
The Booker Prize-winning author on reading his way through writer's block, and why every sentence has to risk going too far
Sep 1 - Electric Literature
interviews
A Story of Love and Resistance Amidst Dispossession
In Nyla Matuk's LEILA AND KHALED, romantic love is underscored by a longing for Palestine
Sep 1 - Bareerah Ghani
Interviews
His Daughter’s Poetry Is His Midlife Crisis
“Phillip Whitney” by Anna Reeser, recommended by Willem Marx for Electric Literature
Aug 31 - Anna Reeser
RR Issue No. 745
Brothers, for Better or Worse
These seven books explore the rivalries, resentments, and unexpected intimacies that shape the bonds between brothers
Aug 28 - Carson Markland
Reading Lists
