ISSUE No. 445
Sleepwalking Through a Texas Childhood
An excerpt from "Nights When Nothing Happened" by Simon Han, recommended by Tony Earley
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Changing Moms on the New Jersey Turnpike
"Anything Could Disappear" by Danielle Evans, recommended by Kelly Link
Nov 18 - Danielle Evans
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He’s the Daddy for Our Weekend in the Country
"Docile Bodies" by Christopher James Llego, recommended by Patty Yumi Cottrell
Nov 11 - Christopher James Llego
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If Only Your Life Was as Heroic as Your Novel
"There Aren't Tornados in Brooklyn" by Kristopher Jansma, recommended by Electric Literature
Nov 4 - Kristopher Jansma
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The Force of a Daughter Cannot Be Measured
"The Science Teacher's Daughter," a short story debut by Ana B. Freeman
Nov 23 - Ana B. Freeman
My PTSD Will Never Win Best Picture
"That Was Now, This Is Then," a comic by Clancy Tripp
Nov 16 - Clancy Tripp
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We are the 300-year-old big bois of the sea and we did not come to play
A story by Emrys Donaldson
Nov 9 - Emrys Donaldson
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Each Day Is the Same Backward and Forward
"Day Eighty-four," a story by Aimee Bender
Nov 2 - Aimee Bender
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Nov 23 - Ana B. Freeman
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Nov 25 - Simon Han
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My PTSD Will Never Win Best Picture
Nov 16 - Clancy Tripp
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A Black Man’s Murder Tears Apart a Town
Sep 20 - James McBride
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How to Sell a Bra in Five Minutes or Less
"Daughter of Retail" from Father Guards the Sheep by Sari Rosenblatt, recommended by Tom Drury
Oct 28 - Sari Rosenblatt
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The Ugliest Babies in the World
A short story by Vanessa Chan
Oct 26 - Vanessa Chan
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I Married a Stranger to Be Left Alone
An excerpt from the novel "Earthlings" by Sayaka Murata, recommended by Ginny Tapley Takemori
Oct 21 - Sayaka Murata
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Safety Is Not Other People
Two poems by Annie Goold
Oct 19 - Annie Goold
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Ghost Solicitors Not Allowed
"Peony Lanterns" by Aoko Matsuda, recommended by Carmen Maria Machado
Oct 14 - Aoko Matsuda
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When the Past Hangs Around Your Neck
"Fate," a story by Clara Obligado, translated by Rachel Ballenger
Oct 12 - Clara Obligado
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