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
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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
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A Goat Farmer Is Only as Vulnerable as Her Goats
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The Great Silence
Oct 12 - Ted Chiang
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Dec 31 - Donald Barthelme
Stone Animals
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Ecstasy Is Temporary but Being Fabulous Is Forever
An excerpt from TERRY DACTYL by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, recommended by Lisa Ko
Nov 10 - Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore
RR Issue No. 703
His Sex Addiction Is Proof of Free Will
“Love of Fate” by Rafael Frumkin, recommended by Halimah Marcus for Electric Literature
Nov 3 - Rafael Frumkin
RR Issue No. 702
The Version of the Story the Adults Won’t Tell Her
“The Request” from THE UNREPENTANT by Sharmini Aphrodite, recommended by Preeta Samarasan
Oct 27 - Sharmini Aphrodite
RR Issue No. 701
My Roadmap to Fatherhood Is an Impenetrable Maze
An excerpt from ONLY SON by Kevin Moffett, recommended by Jonathan Lethem
Oct 20 - Kevin Moffett
RR Issue No. 700
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
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
Gentleness Is Outdated in This Alien World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
Can a Pen Pal Save Your Life?
“The Promise of Hotels” by Bill Cotter, recommended by Halimah Marcus for Electric Literature
Sep 22 - Bill Cotter
RR Issue No. 696
A Honeymoon Disrupted By a Close Encounter
An excerpt from BEINGS by Ilana Masad, recommended by Debbie Urbanski
Sep 15 - Ilana Masad
RR Issue No. 695
