ISSUE No. 725
A Visit to Our Meanest Relative Can Only End in Tears
“Nuts” by Katie Schorr, recommended by Halimah Marcus for Electric Literature
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.
Visit Recommended Reading
A Goat Farmer Is Only as Vulnerable as Her Goats
An excerpt from SURRENDER by Jennifer Acker, recommended by Ben Shattuck
Apr 6 - Jennifer Acker
RR Issue No. 724
I Wish It Wasn’t My Job to Ask You About Jelly
An excerpt from MOUNT VERITY by Therese Bohman, translated and recommended by Marlaine Delargy
Mar 30 - Therese Bohman
RR Issue No. 723
This Famous Writer Is Ruining Her Writing
“Fictions” by Anna Hogeland, recommended by Preety Sidhu for Electric Literature
Mar 23 - Anna Hogeland
RR Issue No. 722
The Commuter
Poetry, flash, graphic, or experimental narrative arriving every Wednesday morning.
Visit The Commuter
ISSUE No. 419
Hairballs Are My Love Language
"A Hairy Style" and "Stem of Thorns," flash fiction by Maya Miller
Apr 15 - Maya Miller
Nothing Says Closure Like Being Robbed
“The Person Who Lives Here Doesn’t Live Here Anymore,” flash fiction by Ben Daggers
Apr 8 - Ben Daggers
Prose
My Skeleton Thinks It’s Better Off Alone
“Debone,” flash fiction by Caitlin Campbell
Apr 1 - Caitlin Campbell
Prose
I May Be a Snake But I’ll Never Become Your Purse
Three anagram poems by Jia-Rui Cook
Mar 25 - Jia-Rui Cook
poetry
POPULAR in RECOMMENDED READING & THE COMMUTER
Lit Mags
A Visit to Our Meanest Relative Can Only End in Tears
Apr 13 - Katie Schorr
Lit Mags
The Great Silence
Oct 12 - Ted Chiang
Lit Mags
A Goat Farmer Is Only as Vulnerable as Her Goats
Apr 6 - Jennifer Acker
Lit Mags
How Many Emails Does It Take To Not Apologize?
May 9 - Lynn Coady
More Issues
Psychoanalyzing Desire With a Spam Bot
Two poems by Vincente Perez
Oct 15 - Vincente Perez
poetry
Sleep Is a Runaway Train and I’m Tied to the Tracks
“My Sleep” from HURRICANE ENVY by Sara Jaffe, recommended by Leni Zumas
Oct 13 - Sara Jaffe
RR Issue No. 699
Finding My Voice Was Not on the Syllabus
Three poems by Jen Siraganian
Oct 8 - Jen Siraganian
poetry
Her Top Priority Is to Destroy the Hot Dog Guy
“The Eloquence of Hot Dogs” from SEX OF THE MIDWEST by Robyn Ryle, recommended by Kiese Laymon
Oct 6 - Robyn Ryle
RR Issue No. 698
The Humanities Building Has Lost Its Humanity
Two prose poems by Jake Levine
Oct 1 - Jake Levine
Prose
Gentleness Is Outdated in This Alien World
An excerpt from THE HIGH HEAVEN by Joshua Wheeler, recommended by Claire Vaye Watkins
Sep 29 - Joshua Wheeler
RR Issue No. 697
