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Field Guide to Predators in Their Natural Habitat

Two poems by James Allen Hall

Lydia Millet’s Writerly Evolution Is All About Being More Shameless

The prolific Pulitzer Prize finalist discusses writing outdoors, being brutally honest about writer’s block, and saying no to line edits

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When Your Debut Is Not Your First Book

Siang Lu, author of GHOST CITIES, on dedicating yourself to craft in the face of failure and learning to be your own advocate

Oct 13 - Cherry Lou Sy

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A Luxury Apartment in Manhattan Is No Safer Than a Kitchen in East Oakland

“Kitchen Barbarians” by Jason Kwon, recommended by Preety Sidhu for Electric Literature

Oct 12 - Jason Kwon

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The Most Anticipated Queer Books for Fall 2026

Cozy up this fall with titles from K Chiucarello, Zaina Arafat, and a debut novel from filmmaker Jane Schoenbrun

Oct 9 - D/Annie Liontas

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Where Has My Mother’s Knowledge Gone?

A specialist in declaring friends’ parents incompetent, trusted lawyer of many, she herself was about to be declared incompetent

Oct 8 - Marcelo Rubens Paiva

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Field Guide to Predators in Their Natural Habitat

Two poems by James Allen Hall

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A Luxury Apartment in Manhattan Is No Safer Than a Kitchen in East Oakland

“Kitchen Barbarians” by Jason Kwon, recommended by Preety Sidhu for Electric Literature

Oct 12 - Jason Kwon

RR Issue No. 751

Nothing Says Apocalypse Like a Hampton Inn Parking Lot

Two poems by Erika Meitner

Oct 7 - Erika Meitner

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Lessons on Writing and Life from an Elder

As a result of aging, your ego should get smaller, whether you want it to or not. That allows you to see the world through a very different lens

Oct 6 - David Mura

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The Hottest Colony in the Empire Is Literal Hell

An excerpt from NOTES ON A COLONIAL SITUATION IN HELL by Robert G Penner, recommended by Jeremy M Davies

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The Gaping Asshole in My Parents’ Front Yard

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My Aunt’s Collection of Miniature Men Is Probably Not Harmless

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UNPRECEDENTED TIMES is the Ultimate Gen Z Pandemic Novel

Malavika Kannan discusses her debut adult novel about being in college during the COVID lockdowns, written as she experienced it in real life

Oct 6 - Evander James Reyes

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A vibrant collage of horses highlights the chaos of community when ecosystems erode

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7 Experimental Books That Reimagine How Trauma Is Told

These authors use fracture and disruption to capture the experience of trauma and enact it in the text itself

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Where Has My Mother’s Knowledge Gone?

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A Luxury Apartment in Manhattan Is No Safer Than a Kitchen in East Oakland

Nothing Says Apocalypse Like a Hampton Inn Parking Lot

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