Rae Cline

Rae Cline is the author of Precious Ugly, her debut novel (7.13 Books, 2026), and the story collection The Indefinite State of Imaginary Morals. Her fiction and essays have appeared in The Paris Review, McSweeney’s, North American Review and StoryQuarterly. She is the founding editor of Eckleburg and lives in New York City. Rae Cline previously published as Rae Bryant.
Where Moral Authority Begins | Part V: The Unbearable Virtue of Superbelt

Where Moral Authority Begins | Part V: The Unbearable Virtue of Superbelt

“It is in the act of the wanting that I fully live.” ... Read More
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Where Moral Authority Begins | Part IV: Jesmyn Ward’s Sing, Unburied, Sing

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Where Moral Authority Begins | Part III: Cormac McCarthy’s Child of God

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Where Moral Authority Begins | Part II: Dorothy Allison’s Bastard Out of Carolina

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THE WITCH by Marie NDiaye

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Where Moral Authority Begins | Part I: Toni Morrison’s Beloved

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NOBODY’S GIRL by Virginia Roberts Giuffre

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AMERICAN MEN by Jordan Ritter Conn

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Appalachian Literary Fiction

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THE CRUELTY VIRTUES by Seth Brady Tucker

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3 by Kathy Joyce

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THE MORGUE KEEPER by Ruyan Meng

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LOST LAMBS by Madeline Cash

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EPIPHANY NO. 35 | “Metamorphosis” by Edidiong Uzoma Essien

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The Center for Jewish History: One Day in October

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NORTH COUNTRY by Matt Bondurant

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HOLLER, CHILD by LaToya Watkins

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CODE by Charlotte Pence

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ANODYNE by Khadijah Queen

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GHOST DOGS by Andre Dubus III

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WE DESERVE THE GODS WE ASK FOR by Seth Brady Tucker

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NERVOSITIES by John Madera

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WE CONTAIN LANDSCAPES by Patrycja Humienik

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ALBA AND OTHER SONGS: Poems and Poemas by Fred Arroyo

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BETTER TO CRY NOW: Shaping the Flow of a Gay Black Man by Geoffrey Newman

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WHITE MULBERRY by Rosa Kwon Easton

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THE TUTOR by Marilee Albert

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ARROYO by Chip Jacobs

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