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This Cocky Stranger Is Offering to Kill for Me
An excerpt from WHIDBEY by T Kira Māhealani Madden, recommended by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
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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
This Clown Convention Is Our Family’s Only Coping Mechanism
“Paradeability” from ENCOUNTERS WITH UNEXPECTED ANIMALS by Bret Anthony Johnston, recommended by Téa Obreht
Feb 23 - Bret Anthony Johnston
RR Issue No. 718
My Wife Pays Me and I Pay the Nanny
“Feeders” from HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD by Oliver Munday, recommended by Andrew Ridker
Feb 16 - Oliver Munday
RR Issue No. 717
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ISSUE No. 414
Human Dignity Is Contraband in This Camp
Three poems by Troy Osaki
Mar 11 - Troy Osaki
My Sensible Work Pants Have Chosen Violence
“Free the Fupa,” a graphic narrative by Amanda Awanjo
Mar 4 - Amanda Awanjo
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All’s Fair in Love and Optimus Prime
Two poems by Rosebud Ben-Oni
Feb 25 - Rosebud Ben-Oni
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How to Bury Your Shape-Shifting Mother
“The Old Higue's Son,” flash fiction by Renesha Dhanraj
Feb 18 - Renesha Dhanraj
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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
RR Issue No. 705
Blood and Guts Were Our First Language
“what i can teach you,” a poem by Eshani Surya
Nov 19 - Eshani Surya
poetry
In My Homeland Memories Are Forbidden
“Where Memory Meets the Sea” by Laia Asieo Odo, recommended by Malka Older, Annalee Newitz, and Karen Lord
Nov 17 - Laia Asieo Odo
RR Issue No. 704
