Bullshitting Our Way Through a Long Beijing Summer
"On the Rooftop" from BEIJING SPRAWL by Xu Zechen, recommended by Jeremy Tiang
May 29 - Xu Zechen
RR Issue No. 576
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The Webbed-Arm Man Never Wanted My Twin
"The Last Unmapped Places" from HERE IN THE NIGHT by Rebecca Turkewitz, recommended by Wynter K Miller for Electric Literature
May 22 - Rebecca Turkewitz
RR Issue No. 575
Finding Bigfoot Is Easier Than Finding Myself
"BI6FOOT" from GIRL COUNTRY by Jacqueline Vogtman, recommended by Anne Valente
May 15 - Jacqueline Vogtman
RR Issue No. 574
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The Only Thing We Have in Common Is Sweaty Desperation
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Gone in the Desert and Never Coming Home
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"I'd Never Felt So Light" by Thomas Renjilian, recommended by Electric Literature
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You Can’t Come Back If Your Memories Are Missing
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The Easter Visit From Relationship Hell
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