Temp for Life
Sam Lipsyte recommends an excerpt from the novel "Temporary" by Hilary Leichter
Feb 19 - Hilary Leichter
RR Issue No. 405 
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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.
Faking Catholic To Attract a Hot Gay Man
"In the Palm of His Hand" by Peter Kispert, recommended by Kristen Arnett
Feb 12 - Peter Kispert
RR Issue No. 404 
A Beautiful Wife Is Suddenly Dead
A debut short story by Margaret Meehan recommended by Electric Literature
Feb 5 - Margaret Meehan
RR Issue No. 403 
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Temp for Life
Feb 19 - Hilary Leichter
Faking Catholic To Attract a Hot Gay Man
Feb 12 - Peter Kispert
A Beautiful Wife Is Suddenly Dead
Feb 5 - Margaret Meehan
Do You Want to Be Her or Do You Want to Fuck Her?
Apr 24 - Sarah Gerard
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Killing Time on Bad Dates Until the World Ends
"Not the End Yet" by Nicole Flattery, recommended by Colin Barrett
Jan 29 - Nicole Flattery
RR Issue No. 402 
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 
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 
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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