ISSUE No. 369
Loving Your Parents Is a Trap
"Model Boy," excerpted from the novel 'The History of Living Forever' by Jake Wolff
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"Preservation" by Maria Lioutaia, from the penultimate issue of Tin House magazine
Jun 5 - Maria Lioutaia
RR Issue No. 368 
Racially Profiled in the Deodorant Aisle
In "Security" by Yvvette Edwards, a woman confronts a lifetime of racism on the eve of her deportation
May 29 - Yvvette Edwards
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The World Didn’t End, Things Just Got Blurry
"There and There and There and There" by Alexander Lumans, recommended by Brandon Taylor
May 22 - Alexander Lumans
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ISSUE No. 69
A Mother With Grown Children Is a Controlled Experiment
"Night of the Living" and "Taxonomy," two poems by Susan Leslie Moore
Jun 17 - Susan Leslie Moore
Shitty Boyfriends of Western Literature: The Card Game
Gather your friends and challenge heteronormative romantic ideals!
Jun 10 - Reina Hardy
Graphic Narrative 
The Last Man I Loved Was a Woman
"Green Hills" and "The Unbelievable," two poems by Cynthia X. Hua
Jun 3 - Cynthia Hua
poetry 
The Vagina is Perpendicular to the Spine and Other Misconceptions of Female Anatomy
"The Book for Every Woman" excerpted from "This Does Not Belong to You" by Aleksandar Hemon
May 27 - Aleksandar Hemon
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Graphic Narrative
Shitty Boyfriends of Western Literature: The Card Game
Jun 10 - Reina Hardy
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Loving Your Parents Is a Trap
Jun 12 - Jake Wolff
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Do You Want to Be Her or Do You Want to Fuck Her?
Apr 24 - Sarah Gerard
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A Mother With Grown Children Is a Controlled Experiment
Jun 17 - Susan Leslie Moore
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God is a Twelve-Year-Old Girl
"Eugenie is Anointed" by Jackie Thomas-Kennedy, the prize-winning story selected by Kelly Link for Selected Shorts
May 20 - Jackie Thomas-Kennedy
Fiction 
Alexander Chee Recommends “Days of Being Mild” by Xuan Juliana Wang
A story about rich Beijing hipsters making art and avoiding their parents
May 15 - Xuan Juliana Wang
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We Can’t Hide if There’s No One Looking
"January" and "Vinegar Ghazal," two poems by Emma Törzs
May 13 - Emma Törzs
poetry 
The Only Way to Save a Beached Whale
An Excerpt from the Novel "The Unpassing" by Chia-Chia Lin, Recommended by D. Wystan Owen
May 8 - Chia-Chia Lin
RR Issue No. 364 
God Bless the Backcountry
Two poems by Lily Starr
May 6 - Lily Starr
poetry 
It’s All Porn and Cat Videos
"Horribilis" by Amanda Marbais is a story about being afraid of everything, but living your life anyway
May 1 - Amanda Marbais
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