ISSUE No. 751
A Luxury Apartment in Manhattan Is No Safer Than a Kitchen in East Oakland
“Kitchen Barbarians” by Jason Kwon, recommended by Preety Sidhu for Electric Literature
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The Hottest Colony in the Empire Is Literal Hell
An excerpt from NOTES ON A COLONIAL SITUATION IN HELL by Robert G Penner, recommended by Jeremy M Davies
Oct 5 - Robert G Penner
RR Issue No. 750
My Aunt’s Collection of Miniature Men Is Probably Not Harmless
“Aunt Yoanna” from LIVING IN FIRE by Antoine Volodine, recommended by Brian Evenson
Sep 28 - Antoine Volodine
RR Issue No. 749
He’s Less Obnoxious as a Falcon Than a Monk
“Zulum” from INSHALLAH, MADONNA, INSHALLAH by Miljenko Jergović, co-translated and recommended by Ellen Elias-Bursać
Sep 21 - Miljenko Jergović
RR Issue No. 748
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ISSUE No. 445
Field Guide to Predators in Their Natural Habitat
Two poems by James Allen Hall
Oct 14 - James Allen Hall
Nothing Says Apocalypse Like a Hampton Inn Parking Lot
Two poems by Erika Meitner
Oct 7 - Erika Meitner
poetry
The Gaping Asshole in My Parents’ Front Yard
"Julia's Anus," flash fiction by Amy X Wang
Sep 30 - Amy X Wang
Prose
Sometimes Grief Comes With Nude Polaroids
An excerpt from BASTARDS by Nate Lippens
Sep 23 - Nate Lippens
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Feb 4 - Kelly Link
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My Sex Appeal Can Kill a Man at 10 Paces
"We Should Go Out!" flash fiction by Whitney Lewis
Aug 5 - Whitney Lewis
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A Nigerian Man Wakes Up White and Voyages Into the Heart of Whiteness
An excerpt from WHYTEFACE by A. Igoni Barrett, recommended by Ethan Nosowsky
Aug 3 - A. Igoni Barrett
RR Issue No. 741
The Dead Return Every Minnesota Winter
Two poems by Keng Xiong
Jul 29 - Keng Xiong
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There Is More Than One Way to Read Tarot in the French Quarter
“The Hanged Man” by Katherine Conner, recommended by Jacob M Appel
Jul 27 - Katherine Conner
RR Issue No. 740
Fly Me to the Island of Giant Rats
"Departure," flash fiction by Kevin Spaide
Jul 22 - Kevin Spaide
Prose
Even Bad Men Need Company in the Night
“Young Flower” by Samuel Jensen, recommended by Willem Marx for Electric Literature
Jul 20 - Samuel Jensen
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