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ISSUE No. 453

Signs Your Son May Not Get into Harvard

"Chance Me" from Life Among the Terranauts by Caitlin Horrocks, recommended by Ramona Ausubel
Jan 20 - Caitlin Horrocks

The Occupational Hazards of Hardboiled Eggs

Chapter One of "The Liar's Dictionary" by Eley Williams, recommended by Max Porter

Jan 13 - Eley Williams
RR Issue No. 452

The First Day and Everything After

"After Life" by Joel Cuthbertson, recommended by Electric Literature

Jan 6 - Joel Cuthbertson
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Mom’s Ex-Fiancé Makes a Bad Boyfriend

"That Old Country Music" by Kevin Barry, recommended by CJ Hauser

Dec 30 - Kevin Barry
RR Issue No. 450 person in misty field

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

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ISSUE No. 152

One Fjord Away from a Second Date

"Compaction Birds," a story from "Wild Swims" by Dorthe Nors, translated by Misha Hoekstra
Jan 25 - Dorthe Nors

All These Houses Full of Opinions

Two poems by Emily Bludworth de Barrios

Jan 18 - Emily Bludworth de Barrios
poetry windows glowing at night

Hot Vinyasa Flow for Crushing Self-Doubt

"Corpse Pose" and "Sun Salutation," two poems by Dobby Gibson

Jan 11 - Dobby Gibson
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You Can’t Hoard Your Way into the American Dream

"Son," a short story by Mike Schoch

Jan 4 - Mike Schoch
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Sep 11 - Helen Phillips
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Changing Moms on the New Jersey Turnpike

Nov 18 - Danielle Evans
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Nothing Adds Up in American Math

"Dividing Line" and "Skin-deep," two poems by Jackson Musker

Dec 28 - Jackson Musker
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Christmas Alone Is Better Than Christmas With a Creep

"The Little Restaurant Near Place des Ternes" by Georges Simenon, recommended by Jessica Harrison

Dec 23 - Georges Simenon
RR Issue No. 449

Our Love Is Nothing Like an Apocalypse

"the miracle" and "the optimism will not hold," two poems by Emily Adams-Aucoin

Dec 21 - Emily Adams-Aucoin
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Survival Strategies for Unsupervised Children

"The Hands of Dirty Children" by Alejandro Puyana, recommended by Curtis Sittenfeld

Dec 16 - Alejandro Puyana
RR Issue No. 448 kids in shadow

I Am Eating America Clean

Two poems by Kiik Araki-Kawaguchi

Dec 14 - Kiik Araki-Kawaguchi
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My Therapist Is a Literal Zombie

"Z" from "Bring Me the Head of Quentin Tarantino" by Julián Herbert, translated by Christina MacSweeney

Dec 9 - Julián Herbert
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