ISSUE No. 751
A Luxury Apartment in Manhattan Is No Safer Than a Kitchen in East Oakland
“Kitchen Barbarians” by Jason Kwon, recommended by Preety Sidhu for Electric Literature
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The Hottest Colony in the Empire Is Literal Hell
An excerpt from NOTES ON A COLONIAL SITUATION IN HELL by Robert G Penner, recommended by Jeremy M Davies
Oct 5 - Robert G Penner
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My Aunt’s Collection of Miniature Men Is Probably Not Harmless
“Aunt Yoanna” from LIVING IN FIRE by Antoine Volodine, recommended by Brian Evenson
Sep 28 - Antoine Volodine
RR Issue No. 749
He’s Less Obnoxious as a Falcon Than a Monk
“Zulum” from INSHALLAH, MADONNA, INSHALLAH by Miljenko Jergović, co-translated and recommended by Ellen Elias-Bursać
Sep 21 - Miljenko Jergović
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ISSUE No. 445
Field Guide to Predators in Their Natural Habitat
Two poems by James Allen Hall
Oct 14 - James Allen Hall
Nothing Says Apocalypse Like a Hampton Inn Parking Lot
Two poems by Erika Meitner
Oct 7 - Erika Meitner
poetry
The Gaping Asshole in My Parents’ Front Yard
"Julia's Anus," flash fiction by Amy X Wang
Sep 30 - Amy X Wang
Prose
Sometimes Grief Comes With Nude Polaroids
An excerpt from BASTARDS by Nate Lippens
Sep 23 - Nate Lippens
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Oct 12 - Ted Chiang
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Feb 4 - Kelly Link
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My Dead Husband Still Wants the Last Word
"The Bone Hermit," flash fiction by Lyndsey Croal
Sep 16 - Lyndsey Croal
Prose
This Anonymous Caller Is Not a Metaphor for Her Despair
“Going Up” from OUT OF BODY by Chris Vanjonack, recommended by Weston Morrow
Sep 14 - Chris Vanjonack
RR Issue No. 747
When It Gets Hot the Block Gets Loud
Two poems by Birch Wiley
Sep 9 - Birch Wiley
poetry
The Barn Manager’s Grief Is Hotter Than Foreplay
An excerpt from THE LONELY GIRL'S VEGETABLE PATCH by Genevieve Plunkett, recommended by Kimberly King Parsons
Sep 7 - Genevieve Plunkett
RR Issue No. 746
A Frozen Bird Too Beautiful to Bury
Three prose poems by Mike Bove
Sep 2 - Mike Bove
poetry
His Daughter’s Poetry Is His Midlife Crisis
“Phillip Whitney” by Anna Reeser, recommended by Willem Marx for Electric Literature
Aug 31 - Anna Reeser
RR Issue No. 745
