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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.
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Improbable Midnight Errands in a Starless City
An excerpt from GOODNIGHT TOKYO by Atsuhiro Yoshida, translated and recommended by Haydn Trowell
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Florida Is a Strange Wilderness Growing Inside Me
An excerpt from STATE OF PARADISE by Laura van den Berg, recommended by Paul Yoon
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The Other Time a Grown Man Threatened My Life
An excerpt from YOU ARE THE SNAKE by Juliet Escoria, recommended by Ashleigh Bryant Phillips
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The Commuter
Poetry, flash, graphic, or experimental narrative arriving every Wednesday morning.
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ISSUE No. 332
Please Delete All Memories Where I’m Not a Boy
Jul 17 - Susan Perabo
Darling, I Always Leave a Mark
Two poems by Ali Shapiro
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The Night the World Melted Away
“When Fire Owns the Air,” flash fiction by Tochukwu Okafor
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David Foster Wallace Rides the Amtrak 79 Carolinian
Flash fiction by Rebecca Saltzman
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The Space Between Pika and Chu
Two poems by Tyler Raso
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Grandma’s Fiancé Requires Our Full Adversarial Response
“No Picnic” by Caroline Beimford, recommended by Wynter K Miller for Electric Literature
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He’s a Scammer But Our Love Is Worth It
"The Eclipse," a short story by Felipe Franco Munhoz, translated by James Young
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My Ghost Is a Better Daughter Than Me
“Ghost Story” from CRAFT: STORIES I WROTE FOR THE DEVIL by Ananda Lima, recommended by Manuel Gonzales
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When Sign Language United the Hearing and the Deaf
“M.V.S.L. (Martha's Vineyard Sign Language),” graphic narrative by Kirsten Elizabeth
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The Board Will Decide If I’m Qualified to Live in the Basement
“The Board” by Elif Batuman, recommended by Alina Ştefănescu
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