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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. 465

Mixing Politics and Sex with the Diplomat Next Door

"Mini Apple" by Mira Sethi, recommended by Farah Ali
Apr 14 - Mira Sethi

You Must Be Middle-Aged and Jaded to Ride the Torrent River

"Robinson Crusoe at the Waterpark" by Elizabeth McCracken, recommended by Matt Bell

Apr 7 - Elizabeth McCracken
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Long Live the Girl Detective

A new short story by Megan Pillow, recommended by Electric Literature

Mar 31 - Megan Pillow
RR Issue No. 463 girl detective

The Post-Divorce Catharsis of Chopping Wood

"Lumberjack Mom" by Carribean Fragoza, recommended by Brian Evenson

Mar 24 - Carribean Fragoza
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The Commuter

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

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ISSUE No. 164

My Close Attention Is My Boyfriend’s Undoing

"Unraveling," a short story by Karen Heuler
Apr 19 - Karen Heuler

Eating Well Is About More Than Sustenance

Two poems by Patricia No

Apr 12 - Patricia No
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When I Grow Up I Want to Be a Genderless Mollusk

"Black Arion," a short story by Charlie J. Stephens

Apr 5 - Charlie J. Stephens
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Sometimes I Wish We Were a Beagle

Two poems by Chad Foret

Mar 29 - Chad Foret
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Mixing Politics and Sex with the Diplomat Next Door

Apr 14 - Mira Sethi
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The Great Silence by Ted Chiang

Oct 12 - Ted Chiang
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You Must Be Middle-Aged and Jaded to Ride the Torrent River

Apr 7 - Elizabeth McCracken
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Long Live the Girl Detective

Mar 31 - Megan Pillow
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Your Only Job Is to Ignore That Phone

"The Temporary Job," a short story by Hannah Gersen

Mar 22 - Hannah Gersen
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Once a Sarah, Always a Sarah

"Sarahland" by Sam Cohen, recommended by Andrea Lawlor

Mar 17 - Sam Cohen
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Spring’s a Love Note and I’m Lonely as Hell

"Bouquet #1" and "What I Have Tried to Say to You," two poems by Christine Sneed

Mar 15 - Christine Sneed
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Our Relationship is Doomed in Every Universe

"The Volunteer" from Cosmogony by Lucy Ives, recommended by Tracy O'Neill

Mar 10 - Lucy Ives
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Keep Your Entrails out of My Baby Shower

"Eating for Two," a fiction debut by Kate Francia

Mar 8 - Kate Francia
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The Perfect Housewarming Gift is White-Hot Envy

"The Vase" by Rumena Bužarovska, recommended by Electric Literature

Mar 3 - Rumena Bužarovska
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