ISSUE No. 497
Get Her, Polly
"Dolls' Eyes" from Medusa's Ankles by A. S. Byatt, recommended by Neel Mukherjee
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Proust Had His Madeleines and I My Doritos
"Hotel Seattle" by Lily King, recommended by Electric Literature
Nov 17 - Lily King
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Stay Forever in the Office of the Mind
"Office of the Mind," by Leland Cheuk, recommended by Electric Literature
Nov 10 - Leland Cheuk
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I Joined a Cult, But I Still Feel Alone
"Once Nothing, Twice Shatter" by Tyler Barton, recommended by T Kira Māhealani Madden
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Every Ship Gets to Be a Submarine Once
“Ships in the Desert” and "The Waterer," two poems by Siew David Hii
Nov 22 - Siew David Hii
My Memory Is Gone, but at Least I Forgot You
"Signs and Visions," flash fiction by Emily Dezurick-Badran
Nov 15 - Emily Dezurick-Badran
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Hootie & the Blowfish Killed My Rock and Roll Dreams
Two poems by Daniel Nester
Nov 8 - Daniel Nester
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The Infinite Memory of an Immortal Plant
"The Suitors," a graphic narrative by Coco Picard and Monica Westin
Nov 1 - Coco Picard and Monica Westin
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"Dark Matters" from Cosmogramma by Courttia Newland, recommended by Morowa Yejidé
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A Busted Family in a Broken Universe
"The Big Bang," a short story by Sara Cappell Thomason
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An Amateur Apache Wrestles with America
An excerpt from "Go Home, Ricky!" by Gene Kwak, recommended by Jean Kyoung Frazier
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What She Heard in a Room Without Sound
"Pink Noise," prose by Julia LoFaso
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Home is a Trip You Can’t Ever Take Again
"These Golden Cities" by K. David Wade, recommended by Electric Literature
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I Am Waiting To Be Built
"Missense” and “Iteration," a poetry debut by high school student Elane Kim
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