I’m Supposed to Talk to You About Death for Homework
"Bubbly and Nugget," an excerpt from "Everywhere You Don't Belong" by Gabriel Bump, recommended by Jeff Parker
Jan 22 - Gabriel Bump
RR Issue No. 401 
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Recommended Reading
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I Bought the Goblin App and All I Got Was This Eating Disorder
"Goblin," a short story by Rachel Harrison, recommended by Electric Literature
Jan 15 - Rachel Harrison
RR Issue No. 400 
Tristan and Isolde But Make It Queer
Lindsay Duguid recommends "Tristan," Lucy Hughes-Hallett's retelling of the medieval love story
Jan 8 - Lucy Hughes-Hallett
RR Issue No. 399 
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I’m Supposed to Talk to You About Death for Homework
Jan 22 - Gabriel Bump
The Knowers
Sep 11 - Helen Phillips
The Great Silence by Ted Chiang
Oct 12 - Ted Chiang
Sunset Is the Best Time to Get High
Sep 18 - Etgar Keret
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Recommended Reading’s 32 Most Read Stories of the Decade
We dove into the archives and called in the accountants
Jan 1 - Electric Literature
RR Issue No. 398 
Forsaken by the Bitch Goddess at Year’s End
"Who Has Seen the Wind?" by Carson McCullers
Dec 25 - Carson McCullers
RR Issue No. 397 
Love Is a Yellow Hotel in Yugoslavia
"Return Trips" by under-celebrated 20th century author Alice Adams recommended by her biographer Carol Sklenicka
Dec 18 - Alice Adams
RR Issue No. 396 
How Am I Going to Explain a Dead Angel?
"The General Zapped an Angel" by Howard Fast, originally published in 1969, recommended by his granddaughter, Molly Jong-Fast
Dec 11 - Howard Fast
RR Issue No. 395 
All You Have To Do Is Kill Her Off
"The Drain" by Lynn Coady, a new short story recommended by Electric Literature
Dec 4 - Lynn Coady
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Even My Rage Is More Creative Than Minerva’s
Mary Norris recommends "Arachne," a modern retelling of the myth, by Nina MacLaughlin
Nov 27 - Nina MacLaughlin
RR Issue No. 393 
The Summer We Tried to Steal the Church Instruments
Idra Novey recommends "Talcahuano" by Chilean author Paulina Flores, translated by Megan McDowell
Nov 20 - Paulina Flores
RR Issue No. 392 
Deborah Eisenberg recommends “The White Spot” by Jonathan Blum
A doctor teaches his son about x-ray machines and anti-semitism in this story from Jonathan Blum's new collection
Nov 13 - Jonathan Blum
RR Issue No. 391 
Married with Kids: One Star, Difficult to Assemble
"Patience" a new short story by Courtney Maum, recommended by Electric Literature
Nov 6 - Courtney Maum
RR Issue No. 390 
