Is This Dissertation Research or a First Date?
An excerpt from SHORT WAR by Lily Meyer, recommended by Chase Culler
Apr 1 - Lily Meyer
RR Issue No. 620
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Money Can’t Take the Shame Out of Living
“The Inheritance” by Rachel Ephraim, recommended by Halimah Marcus for Electric Literature
Mar 25 - Rachel Ephraim
RR Issue No. 619
A Billionaire Bender to Save the Fucking World
An excerpt from THE AUDACITY by Ryan Chapman, recommended by Kevin Nguyen
Mar 18 - Ryan Chapman
RR Issue No. 618
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My Worst Experiences Haunt Me From the Memory Cloud
"Presence" from GREEN FROG by Gina Chung, recommended by Jade Song
Mar 11 - Gina Chung
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A Culinary Visit to the Belly of the Country
"King of All Hogs" by J G Lynas, recommended by Wynter K Miller for Electric Literature
Mar 4 - J G Lynas
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Pregnancy Is Turning Her Childfree Marriage Into a Russian Folktale
An excerpt from MOTHER DOLL by Katya Apekina, recommended by Sarah Rose Etter
Feb 26 - Katya Apekina
RR Issue No. 615
Compulsively Trying to Please People Who Never Liked Me
"A New Book of Grotesques" from GHOST PAINS, by Jessi Jezewska Stevens, recommended by Jeremy M Davies
Feb 19 - Jessi Jezewska Stevens
RR Issue No. 614
Fitting In Will Cost You Your Soul
"In the Heart of the Village" by Emma Binder, recommended by Alyssa Songsiridej for Electric Literature
Feb 12 - Emma Binder
RR Issue No. 613
His Drunk Excuses Only Last the Night
An excerpt from ORDINARY HUMAN FAILINGS by Megan Nolan, recommended by Kyle Dillon Hertz
Feb 5 - Megan Nolan
RR Issue No. 612
Her Baby Is a Stranger She Doesn’t Want to Know
"The Box Where Baby Slept" by Mario Giannone, recommended by Wynter K Miller for Electric Literature
Jan 29 - Mario Giannone
RR Issue No. 611
Not All of His Problems Are a Performance
An excerpt from MARTYR! by Kaveh Akbar, recommended by Karen Russell
Jan 22 - Kaveh Akbar
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Humans Are the Most Alien Creatures
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Jan 15 - Marie-Helene Bertino
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