A Homestead Mom Runs Away from Home
An excerpt from the novel "The Shame" by Makenna Goodman, recommended by Chloe Caldwell
Jul 8 - Makenna Goodman
RR Issue No. 425
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Our Family History, Packed in Mom’s Garage
"You'll Be Honest, You'll Be Brave" by Kelli Jo Ford, recommended by Erika T. Wurth
Jul 1 - Kelli Jo Ford
RR Issue No. 424
My Son the Medium Can’t Even Tell Me Why We’re Here
Laura van den Berg recommends "The Country" by Joy Williams
Jun 24 - Joy Williams
RR Issue No. 423
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A Homestead Mom Runs Away from Home
Jul 8 - Makenna Goodman
The Knowers
Sep 11 - Helen Phillips
Do You Want to Be Her or Do You Want to Fuck Her?
Apr 24 - Sarah Gerard
The Swan as Metaphor for Love
Jul 8 - Amelia Gray
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Before and After She Fell Down the Stairs
"Moments Earlier" by Kate Doyle, recommended by Electric Literature
Jun 17 - Kate Doyle
RR Issue No. 422
A Rally for the Right-Wing Cult of Personality
An excerpt from "A Burning" by Megha Majumdar, recommended by Maris Kreizman
Jun 10 - Megha Majumdar
RR Issue No. 421
Any Friend of Pickles on Pizza is a Friend of Mine
An excerpt from the novel "Pizza Girl" by Jean Kyoung Frazier
Jun 3 - Jean Kyoung Frazier
RR Issue No. 420
Grandmother Is Gone but at Least She’s a Bird Now
Claire Vaye Watkins recommends an excerpt from "Parakeet" by Marie-Helene Bertino
May 27 - Marie-Helene Bertino
RR Issue No. 419
The Friend That Went to War and the Friend That Went to Law School
"In Case of Emergency" by John Cotter, recommended by Electric Literature
May 20 - John Cotter
RR Issue No. 418
Cancer Is the Secret of This Company Town
"Twitchell" by Leah Hampton, recommended by Deb Olin Unferth
May 13 - Leah Hampton
RR Issue No. 417
Summer Vacation at the End of the World
An excerpt from "A Children's Bible" by Lydia Millet, recommended by Jenny Offill
May 6 - Lydia Millet
RR Issue No. 416
Parenting in the Smog of Industrial London
"On Growing Ferns and Other Plants in Glass Cases, in the Midst of the Smoke of London" by Daniel Mason, recommended by Michael Ray
Apr 29 - Daniel Mason
RR Issue No. 415
Does She Have Postpartum or Is She Just Realistic?
"Nuclear" by Kate Tighe-Pigott, an original short story recommended by Electric Literature
Apr 22 - Kate Tighe-Pigott
RR Issue No. 414
