ISSUE No. 534
Accept Irrelevance! You’re Being Replaced!
"The Replacement" by Alexandra Wuest, recommended by Electric Literature
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My Palm Reading Says I Will Die Alone
"On Being Alone" from Cat Brushing by Jane Campbell, recommended by Darcey Steinke
Aug 3 - Jane Campbell
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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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Forget Cashmere and Angora, Buy 100% Human Hair
"A First-Rate Material" by Sayaka Murata, recommended by John Freeman
Jul 20 - Sayaka Murata
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You Can’t Trust a Skinny Messiah
"if jesus was fat" and "hide and seek," two poems by Mandy Shunnarah
Aug 8 - Mandy Shunnarah
The Laundromat Wiki Page Haunts My Dreams
"Dreams I Have Had," a comic by K. A. Polzin
Aug 1 - K. A. Polzin
Graphic Narrative
Let Me Tell You About All the Men I Beat Up
"Ornament Joy" and "Hook," two poems by Justine Chan
Jul 25 - Justine Chan
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The Existential Crisis of a Merciless Siren
"Murder Mermaids Make Mistakes," flash fiction by Sandra Schmuhl Long
Jul 18 - Sandra Schmuhl Long
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Mom Shouldn’t Have to Die for You to Enjoy Her Company
"Last Night in Ventana Beach" by Matthew Lansburgh, recommended by Electric Literature
Jul 13 - Matthew Lansburgh
RR Issue No. 530
School’s Out and the War Is On
"Hole in the Wall," a prose debut by An Pham
Jul 11 - An Pham
Fiction
Never Marry a Man with a Human Mother
"Xífù" from Gods of Want by K-Ming Chang, recommended by Bryan Washington
Jul 6 - K-Ming Chang
RR Issue No. 529
This Apple Watch Is Clearly the Boss of Me
"Solo" and "Perennials," two poems by Phoebe Amanda
Jul 4 - Phoebe Amanda
poetry
My Ex Cheated, But I Outlived Him
"Phillip is Dead" from Self-Portrait with Ghost by Meng Jin, recommended by Rachel Khong
Jun 29 - Meng Jin
RR Issue No. 528
My God Has the Head of a Vulture
Two poems by Monica Rico
Jun 27 - Monica Rico
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