ISSUE No. 719
I’m Broke But I Swear I’m Grateful
“Please Accept This Token of Thanks” by Christine Vines, recommended by Halimah Marcus for Electric Literature
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This Clown Convention Is Our Family’s Only Coping Mechanism
“Paradeability” from ENCOUNTERS WITH UNEXPECTED ANIMALS by Bret Anthony Johnston, recommended by Téa Obreht
Feb 23 - Bret Anthony Johnston
RR Issue No. 718
My Wife Pays Me and I Pay the Nanny
“Feeders” from HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD by Oliver Munday, recommended by Andrew Ridker
Feb 16 - Oliver Munday
RR Issue No. 717
Writing in Notebooks Is My New Personality
“Notebooks” by Imogen Clarke, recommended by Willem Marx for Electric Literature
Feb 9 - Imogen Clarke
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ISSUE No. 413
My Sensible Work Pants Have Chosen Violence
“Free the Fupa,” a graphic narrative by Amanda Awanjo
Mar 4 - Amanda Awanjo
All’s Fair in Love and Optimus Prime
Two poems by Rosebud Ben-Oni
Feb 25 - Rosebud Ben-Oni
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How to Bury Your Shape-Shifting Mother
“The Old Higue's Son,” flash fiction by Renesha Dhanraj
Feb 18 - Renesha Dhanraj
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Nothing Is Wrong and That’s Terrifying
Two poems by Evan Wang
Feb 11 - Evan Wang
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The Great Silence
Oct 12 - Ted Chiang
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Mar 2 - Christine Vines
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Mar 4 - Amanda Awanjo
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Black-Eyed Women
Feb 1 - Viet Thanh Nguyen
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My Lust Will Melt All the Snow in Antarctica
“Steam,” flash fiction by Jean-Luke Swanepoel
Feb 4 - Jean-Luke Swanepoel
Prose
The Childhood Friend I Abandoned Is Trying to Save Me
“That Unfamiliar Night” from WITH THE HEART OF A GHOST by Lim Sunwoo, translated and recommended by Chi-Young Kim
Feb 2 - Lim Sunwoo
RR Issue No. 715
Trauma Bonding at the Five-Year Reunion
Two poems by Sarah Chin
Jan 28 - Sarah Chin
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A Friendship Spanning Bombay Prep Schools and Connecticut Strip Malls
An excerpt from EVERY HAPPINESS by Reena Shah, recommended by Sindya Bhanoo
Jan 26 - Reena Shah
RR Issue No. 714
A Genius Can Always Get Their Hands on a Violin
“Prodigies,” flash fiction by Drue Denmon
Jan 21 - Drue Denmon
Prose
Do Not Think About Death or Blowjobs
“Sixteen Hours in Iceland” by Laurie Marhoefer, recommended by Halimah Marcus for Electric Literature
Jan 19 - Laurie Marhoefer
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