ISSUE No. 361
Dad’s Gone and the Lice Is Here to Stay
"Remedies" by Kali Fajardo-Anstine recommended by Mat Johnson
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To Dress In Another Woman’s Clothing
Stereotypes compromise a cross-cultural friendship in "Alta's Place" by Morgan Thomas
Mar 27 - Morgan Thomas
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The Impossible Cost of the Sex Tax
"Nia," a short story by Zdravka Evtimova
Apr 15 - Zdravka Evtimova
Crying on the Floor and Other Ways to Get Through It
Two sonnets by debut poet Elliott Vanskike
Apr 7 - Elliott Vanskike
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“How to Placate the Gods of New York,” a graphic story by Matthew Kramer
Apr 1 - Matthew Kramer
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I Remember You Were Made of Dark, Warm Wood
Three poems about desire by Marshall Mallicoat
Mar 25 - Marshall Mallicoat
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Julie Buntin recommends an excerpt from Susan Choi’s forthcoming novel ‘Trust Exercise’
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RR Issue No. 357 
Theories of the Point-of-View Shift in AC/DC’s ‘You Shook Me All Night Long’
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Mar 18 - Jennifer Wortman
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Remember This: Love Is a Verb
“Lot” by Bryan Washington is a story about one Houston family’s attempt to deal with gentrification and loss
Mar 13 - Bryan Washington
RR Issue No. 356 
The Animal I Keep in the Cage of My Bones
Two poems about the body by Leah Falk
Mar 11 - Leah Falk
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“Scenes of Passion and Despair” by Joyce Carol Oates
Maryse Meijer recommends a previously out-of-print story about how toxic notions of romance destroy us
Mar 6 - Joyce Carol Oates
RR Issue No. 355 
Sitting on Cheese Sandwiches as a Metaphor for the Creative Process
“Someone Who Will Feed Me Cherries,” a short story by Emily Brout
Mar 4 - Emily Brout
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