ISSUE No. 487
Worshipping My Ass Doesn’t Make Me a Goddess
"Becoming Amish" by Rachel Ephraim, recommended by Electric Literature
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New York Is an Endless Feast and I Am Never Full
An excerpt from "Happy Hour" by Marlowe Granados, recommended by Alexandra Kleeman
Sep 8 - Marlowe Granados
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An International Student Trapped in Her Own Injured Brain
"Stars" from Hao by Ye Chun, recommended by Te-Ping Chen
Sep 1 - Ye Chun
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The Last Story in a Long Marriage
"The Great Escape" from Today a Woman Went Mad in the Supermarket by Hilma Wolitzer, recommended by Roxana Robinson
Aug 25 - Hilma Wolitzer
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You Can’t Un-Swim a Fish
"Reverse Takoyaki (How To Uncook An Octopus)" and "Quintet For Harvard Square," two poems by Haolun Xu
Sep 13 - Haolun Xu
Play Me a Symphony When I Die
"Vanessa Frontin: Volunteer Musician," an excerpt from An Ideal Presence, by Argentinian author Eduardo Berti
Sep 6 - Eduardo Berti
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It’s Too Hot to Be This Close to My Family
"Ode to the New York Heat Wave" and "Bowl of Fat," two poems by Su Cho
Aug 30 - Su Cho
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You Can’t Vaccinate a City Animal for Rudeness
"London Foxes," a short story by Kaliane Bradley
Aug 23 - Kaliane Bradley
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Finding First Love Under a Beach Blanket
"Chowpatty Beach" by Reena Shah, recommended by Electric Literature
Aug 18 - Reena Shah
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One Lotto Ticket Away From Living the Dream
"Set for Life" and "Jackpot," two poems by Natalee Cruz
Aug 16 - Natalee Cruz
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A Journalist on Vacation Becomes Part of the Story
"Woman on the Riverbank" by Juan Gabriel Vásquez, recommended by Colm Tóibín
Aug 11 - Juan Gabriel Vásquez
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RE: [YOUR SUBMISSION] (spoiler alert, the news is bad)
Rejection erasure poems by R.L. Maizes
Aug 9 - R.L. Maizes
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The Cost of Stealing from the Parallel Dimension
"The Shimmering Wall" from The Glassy Burning Floor of Hell by Brian Evenson, recommended by Mona Awad
Aug 4 - Brian Evenson
RR Issue No. 481
My Aunt Doesn’t Care in Four Different Languages
"Today," flash fiction by Nardine Taleb
Aug 2 - Nardine Taleb
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