My Cartoon Turtles Say What I Feel
"Laramie Time" by Lydia Conklin, recommended by Alissa Nutting
May 25 - Lydia Conklin
RR Issue No. 523
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Adopt a Cat for the Global Collapse
"It Is What It Is" by Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi, recommended by Electric Literature
May 18 - Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi
RR Issue No. 522
The First Flight Out of the Cult of Celebrity
"You Have a Friend in 10A" by Maggie Shipstead, recommended by Stephanie Danler
May 11 - Maggie Shipstead
RR Issue No. 521
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How To Bring a Living Being Into a Dead House
"The Cat" by Tove Ditlevsen, translated and recommended by Michael Favala Goldman
May 4 - Tove Ditlevsen
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The Chickens Will Inherit the Earth
"Ark" by Zoë Ballering, recommended by Electric Literature
Apr 27 - Zoë Ballering
RR Issue No. 519
I Believe the Man in the Attic Has a Gun
"The Old Man with No Name," from People from Bloomington by Budi Darma, translated and recommended by Tiffany Tsao
Apr 20 - Budi Darma
RR Issue No. 518
Exit Strategies for Alaskan Wine Bars
"Valley of the Moon" from Nobody Gets Out Alive by Leigh Newman, recommended by Emily Nemens
Apr 13 - Leigh Newman
RR Issue No. 517
She Sells Dreams and Delusions at the Sea Shore
"Fact of Body" from Heartbroke by Chelsea Bieker, recommended by Genevieve Hudson
Apr 6 - Chelsea Bieker
RR Issue No. 516
Not Even This Jesus Look-Alike Can Heal My Heartache
"The Treatment" by Marcia Walker, recommended by Electric Literature
Mar 30 - Marcia Walker
RR Issue No. 515
Lotion the Walls Or Else
"Moist House," from Out There by Kate Folk, recommended by Isle McElroy
Mar 23 - Kate Folk
RR Issue No. 514
The Ice Pop Lady Rules the Neighborhood
"Flip Lady" from The Last Suspicious Holdout by Ladee Hubbard, recommended by Alice Randall
Mar 16 - Ladee Hubbard
RR Issue No. 513
An Unstoppable Optimist on the Way to Camp Hope
Chapter one of Eleutheria by Allegra Hyde, recommended by Lydia Conklin
Mar 9 - Allegra Hyde
RR Issue No. 512
