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Recommended Reading

Recommended Reading is your ultimate source for the best in contemporary fiction, including short stories and novel excerpts from today’s most dynamic voices.

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ISSUE No. 566

You Can’t Come Back If Your Memories Are Missing

"Accidental Girls" from Patterns of Orbit by Chloe N. Clark, recommended by Juan Martinez
Mar 22 - Chloe N. Clark

The Easter Visit From Relationship Hell

An excerpt from Burst by Mary Otis, recommended by Ramona Ausubel

Mar 15 - Mary Otis
RR Issue No. 565

My Wife Lived Countless Lives Before She Met Me

"Connie," an excerpt from Biography of X by Catherine Lacey, recommended by Lauren Groff

Mar 8 - Catherine Lacey
RR Issue No. 564

Fate Is a Flask Spiked With Acid

"Queen of Heaven" by Joel Cuthbertson, recommended by Electric Literature

Mar 1 - Joel Cuthbertson
RR Issue No. 563

The Commuter

A single piece of poetry, flash, graphic, or experimental narrative arriving every Monday morning.

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ISSUE No. 264

The Day I Ghosted My Life

"Lost," a graphic narrative by Ellie Black
Mar 20 - Ellie Black

Til a Thought Experiment Do Us Part

"The Divorce," flash fiction by Alexandra Wuest

Mar 13 - Alexandra Wuest 
Fiction

My Empty Ears Listen for the Shore

Three poems by Suphil Lee Park

Mar 6 - Suphil Lee Park
poetry

My Mother Wrote Her Own Ending

"Blood Is Not Your Subject," a graphic narrative by Arwen Donahue

Feb 27 - Arwen Donahue
Graphic Narrative
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My Mom Doesn’t Recognize Me But Neither Do I

Oct 12 - Wendy Wimmer
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You Can’t Come Back If Your Memories Are Missing

Mar 22 - Chloe N. Clark
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The Great Silence

Oct 12 - Ted Chiang
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The Day I Ghosted My Life

Mar 20 - Ellie Black
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Four Ways of Looking at a Campus Murder

An excerpt from I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai, recommended by Steph Opitz

Feb 22 - Rebecca Makkai
RR Issue No. 562

Mom’s Tissues Are No Match for the Wounds of Time

"Time of Mother," flash fiction by Jefferson Navicky

Feb 20 - Jefferson Navicky
Fiction

The Only Thing More Humiliating Than Virginity Is Sex

"One-Hundred Percent Humidity" by Michelle Lyn King, recommended by Electric Literature

Feb 15 - Michelle Lyn King
RR Issue No. 561

Trying on Alternate Selves at the Abandoned Mall

Two poems by A. M. Goodhart

Feb 13 - A. M. Goodhart
poetry

I Am My Best Self on Tripadvisor

"A Visit to Monk's House" from Evil Flowers by Gunnhild Øyehaug, recommended by Kari Dickson

Feb 8 - Gunnhild Øyehaug
RR Issue No. 560

Nina Simone Reminds Me to Suffer No Fools

Two poems by Akhim Alexis

Feb 6 - Akhim Alexis
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