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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. 522

Adopt a Cat for the Global Collapse

"It Is What It Is" by Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi, recommended by Electric Literature
May 18 - Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi

The First Flight Out of the Cult of Celebrity

"You Have a Friend in 10A" by Maggie Shipstead, recommended by Stephanie Danler

May 11 - Maggie Shipstead
RR Issue No. 521

How To Bring a Living Being Into a Dead House

"The Cat" by Tove Ditlevsen, translated and recommended by Michael Favala Goldman

May 4 - Tove Ditlevsen
RR Issue No. 520

The Chickens Will Inherit the Earth

"Ark" by Zoë Ballering, recommended by Electric Literature

Apr 27 - Zoë Ballering
RR Issue No. 519

The Commuter

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

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ISSUE No. 221

Is My Husband Having an Affair With Me?

"The Complex," flash fiction by Scott Limbrick
May 23 - Scott Limbrick

Where’s Waldo of Eternal Damnation

"The Butt Song from Hell," musings on Bosch by Marci Rae Johnson

May 16 - Marci Rae Johnson
Fiction

People Love a Story Where Someone Almost Dies

"Party Stories," flash fiction by Yasmina Din Madden

May 9 - Yasmina Din Madden
Fiction

My Gender Won’t Fit in the Family Car

"KB’s Origin Story" and "Yebba’s Heartbreak," two poems by KB

May 2 - KB
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Is My Husband Having an Affair With Me?

May 23 - Scott Limbrick
The Commuter

Eight Tiny Stories, Translated From the Emoji

Nov 27 - James Hannaham and John W. Bateman
Lit Mags

The Knowers

Sep 11 - Helen Phillips
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Adopt a Cat for the Global Collapse

May 18 - Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi
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The Garden of Pain Needs a Good Hard Freeze

"A Snowy Day" and "Burrs," two poems by Paula Bohince

Apr 25 - Paula Bohince
poetry

I Believe the Man in the Attic Has a Gun

"The Old Man with No Name," from People from Bloomington by Budi Darma, translated and recommended by Tiffany Tsao

Apr 20 - Budi Darma
RR Issue No. 518

The Writing on the Uterus Wall

Two poems by Emily Franklin

Apr 18 - Emily Franklin
poetry

Exit Strategies for Alaskan Wine Bars

"Valley of the Moon" from Nobody Gets Out Alive by Leigh Newman, recommended by Emily Nemens

Apr 13 - Leigh Newman
RR Issue No. 517

This Is Daddy’s Last Check and I Deserve It

"The Winner Is," flash fiction by Elaine Crauder

Apr 11 - Elaine Crauder
Fiction

She Sells Dreams and Delusions at the Sea Shore

"Fact of Body" from Heartbroke by Chelsea Bieker, recommended by Genevieve Hudson

Apr 6 - Chelsea Bieker
RR Issue No. 516
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