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The Childhood Friend I Abandoned Is Trying to Save Me
“That Unfamiliar Night” from WITH THE HEART OF A GHOST by Lim Sunwoo, translated and recommended by Chi-Young Kim
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A Friendship Spanning Bombay Prep Schools and Connecticut Strip Malls
An excerpt from EVERY HAPPINESS by Reena Shah, recommended by Sindya Bhanoo
Jan 26 - Reena Shah
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Do Not Think About Death or Blowjobs
“Sixteen Hours in Iceland” by Laurie Marhoefer, recommended by Halimah Marcus for Electric Literature
Jan 19 - Laurie Marhoefer
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At Least My Best Friend Stabbed Me in the Front
“Slut Lullabies” by Gina Frangello, recommended by Steve Almond
Jan 12 - Gina Frangello
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My Lust Will Melt All the Snow in Antarctica
“Steam,” flash fiction by Jean-Luke Swanepoel
Feb 4 - Jean-Luke Swanepoel
Trauma Bonding at the Five-Year Reunion
Two poems by Sarah Chin
Jan 28 - Sarah Chin
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A Genius Can Always Get Their Hands on a Violin
“Prodigies,” flash fiction by Drue Denmon
Jan 21 - Drue Denmon
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We Are Silent Skin Waiting to Sing
Two poems by Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe
Jan 14 - Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe
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Frida Deserved Better Than Diego’s Coconut
Two ekphrastic poems by Danilo Marin
Dec 10 - Danilo Marin
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Tracking Down the Lover From Her Dreams
An excerpt from HOUSE OF DAY, HOUSE OF NIGHT by Olga Tokarczuk, translated and recommended by Antonia Lloyd-Jones
Dec 8 - Olga Tokarczuk
RR Issue No. 707
A Severed Finger Is Rarely a Good Sign
“Fissures,” flash fiction by Ariel Katz
Dec 3 - Ariel Katz
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Abandoned On the Street That Will Bear His Name
An excerpt from THE DREAM OF THE JAGUAR by Miguel Bonnefoy, translated and recommended by Ruth Diver
Dec 1 - Miguel Bonnefoy
RR Issue No. 706
My Nipples Are a Public Safety Hazard
Two poems by Weiji Wang
Nov 26 - Weiji Wang
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My Heart Is a Dark Gash Oozing With Desire
“Wound” by Sammy Stevens, recommended by Wynter K Miller for Electric Literature
Nov 24 - Sammy Stevens
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