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.
Visit Recommended ReadingA Madman on the Ground, A Visionary in Flight
An excerpt from THE SKY WAS OURS by Joe Fassler, recommended by Kyle McCarthy
All Writing Is About Death
“Death in Fiction” by Scott Cheshire, recommended by Halimah Marcus for Electric Literature
Newly Single in a World of “We”
“Women Who Rule the Screen” from HOW TO GET ALONG WITHOUT ME by Kate Axelrod, recommended by Edan Lepucki
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Poetry, flash, graphic, or experimental narrative arriving every Wednesday morning.
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And You Thought the SAT Was Bad
Apr 24 - Alex Burchfield
My Best Friend Keeps My Heart In Its Cage
Two poems by Zoë Bodzas
Broken Men On the Outskirts of Town
“Trebuchet,” flash fiction by Avitus B. Carle
Installing Ourselves in the Memory Museum
Two poems by William Albert Pagdatoon
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My Son’s Love Life Is None of My Business, Except It Is
Apr 29 - Yukiko Tominaga
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My Mom Doesn’t Recognize Me But Neither Do I
Oct 12 - Wendy Wimmer
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Black-Eyed Women
Feb 1 - Viet Thanh Nguyen
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The School
Dec 31 - Donald Barthelme
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Is This Dissertation Research or a First Date?
An excerpt from SHORT WAR by Lily Meyer, recommended by Chase Culler
Your Body Is a System of Caves
Three poems from THE BLUE MIMES by Sara Daniele Rivera
Money Can’t Take the Shame Out of Living
“The Inheritance” by Rachel Ephraim, recommended by Halimah Marcus for Electric Literature
Take Me to the Island of Escaped Parrots
Flash fiction by Maya Dobjensky
A Billionaire Bender to Save the Fucking World
An excerpt from THE AUDACITY by Ryan Chapman, recommended by Kevin Nguyen
This Is Not a Drill or Maybe It Is
Two poems by Emily Moore