ISSUE No. 722
This Famous Writer Is Ruining Her Writing
“Fictions” by Anna Hogeland, recommended by Preety Sidhu for Electric Literature
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Her Drama Is Tolerable When It’s Performed Onstage
An excerpt from AN AWFULLY BIG ADVENTURE by Beryl Bainbridge, recommended by Lucy Scholes
Mar 16 - Beryl Bainbridge
RR Issue No. 721
This Cocky Stranger Is Offering to Kill for Me
An excerpt from WHIDBEY by T Kira Māhealani Madden, recommended by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Mar 9 - T Kira Māhealani Madden
RR Issue No. 720
I’m Broke But I Swear I’m Grateful
“Please Accept This Token of Thanks” by Christine Vines, recommended by Halimah Marcus for Electric Literature
Mar 2 - Christine Vines
RR Issue No. 719
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ISSUE No. 416
I May Be a Snake But I’ll Never Become Your Purse
Three anagram poems by Jia-Rui Cook
Mar 25 - Jia-Rui Cook
Ask Your Doctor If Drinking Me Is Right for You
“Spinal Tap,” flash fiction by Angela Liu
Mar 18 - Angela Liu
Prose
Human Dignity Is Contraband in This Camp
Three poems by Troy Osaki
Mar 11 - Troy Osaki
poetry
My Sensible Work Pants Have Chosen Violence
“Free the Fupa,” a graphic narrative by Amanda Awanjo
Mar 4 - Amanda Awanjo
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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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At Least My Best Friend Stabbed Me in the Front
“Slut Lullabies” by Gina Frangello, recommended by Steve Almond
Jan 12 - Gina Frangello
RR Issue No. 712
He’d Rather Fight a Dragon Than His Wife
“Tom vs. Dragon,” flash fiction by Lyndsay Hall
Jan 7 - Lyndsay Hall
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There Is No Privacy on Open Water
“Albatross” from AS IF BY MAGIC by Edgard Telles Ribeiro, translated and recommended by Margaret A. Neves
Jan 5 - Edgard Telles Ribeiro
RR Issue No. 711
My Nervous Breakdown Will Absolutely Be Televised
“Monsters” from I COULD BE FAMOUS by Sydney Rende, recommended by Jonathan Dee
Dec 29 - Sydney Rende
RR Issue No. 710
Her Husband’s Principles Are Ruining Christmas
“Another Christmas” from THE COLLECTED STORIES by William Trevor, recommended by Marisa Silver
Dec 22 - William Trevor
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