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✨We are honored to share that The Humble Essayist has featured “Best Pals” by Rachel Cline, an essay from River Teeth 27.1 this week.

Check out his commentary on this “Paragraph of the Week” at www.the-humble-essayist.com

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January 16, 2026 at 4:14 PM
✨Raise your hand if you’re reading River Teeth! Now raise both hands if you’ve submitted or are working on something to submit to River Teeth!

✨From now until April 1, you can submit to River Teeth and Beautiful Things via Submittable.

✨We cannot wait to read your work!

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January 15, 2026 at 3:10 PM
✨We are looking back at 2025 with notable essays from The Best American Essays, edited by guest editor Jia Tolentino and series editor Kim Dana Kupperman, and published by HarperCollins. We are so honored to have made an appearance, please help us in celebrating all of these wonderful authors.
January 13, 2026 at 3:02 PM
✨“To write while buried in a human warehouse you must free your monkey brain and swing from forgetting to imagining.”
-from “Convict Crónicas: {branch},” this week’s Beautiful Things essay by Leo Cardez

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January 12, 2026 at 3:05 PM
✨We are honored to share that The Humble Essayist has featured “Admit the Gravity” by Emma Bolden, an essay from River Teeth 27.1 this week.

Check out his commentary on this “Paragraph of the Week” at www.the-humble-essayist.com

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January 9, 2026 at 6:48 PM
✨This week, revisit Beautiful Things, "Mondegreen," by Diane Gottlieb, on IPR’s Pop of Culture at 12 p.m. ET today (Friday 1/9) and tomorrow (Saturday 1/10).

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January 9, 2026 at 3:45 PM
✨Submissions are open NOW!

✨Submit your creative nonfiction work via Submittable to
River Teeth: A Journal of Nonfiction Narrative and
Beautiful Things: A Weekly Online Magazine of Micro-essays.

✨Submissions will be open from January 1 to April 1.

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January 8, 2026 at 3:01 PM
✨Take some time this Tuesday to read, “What Matters in Matters of Love.” An essay by Abriana Jettà from River Teeth issue 16.2

✨Read this essay digitally through Project Muse

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January 6, 2026 at 3:02 PM
✨“My father’s face, covered in foam, grimaces with concentration. The eight-year-old me prattles on while he removes his beard with surgical precision.”
-from “Second Pass,” this week’s Beautiful Things essay by Andreea Boboc

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January 5, 2026 at 6:21 PM
✨A glimpse into the pages of, “Heart Sounds.” An essay by Lee Martin from River Teeth 16.1

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January 1, 2026 at 3:00 PM
✨Take some time this Tuesday to read, “Because We Are Born Again.” An essay by Feagin Jones from River Teeth issue 18.1

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December 30, 2025 at 3:02 PM
✨“We keep looking, find a small hummingbird in mid-flight, hinged wings extended. There’s no color other than granite, but we know it is a ruby-throated, that it will thrum above her in perpetual flight.”
-from “Ruby-Throated,” this week’s Beautiful Things essay by Beth Richards
December 29, 2025 at 3:02 PM
✨🗣️New Book Review! This month, Patricia Martin reviews Melissa Fraterrigo’s, “The Perils of Girlhood”

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December 25, 2025 at 3:03 PM
✨A glimpse into the pages of, “Naloxone, Syringes, and Pipes.” An essay by Melody Glenn from River Teeth 25.2

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December 23, 2025 at 3:03 PM
✨“The kitchen table sits like an altar. I’m on a stool while my grandmother stands with a rolling pin in her hand.”
-from “Legerdemain,” this week’s Beautiful Things essay by Vicky Mayk

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December 22, 2025 at 3:02 PM
✨This week, revisit Beautiful Things, "Reason Enough," by Sherrie Weller, aired 11/14 (Beautiful Things segment starts at 24:00) on IPR’s Pop of Culture episode 41: “We’re Visionaries”

🎧Listen here on NPR’s website: www.npr.org/podcasts/122...
December 18, 2025 at 3:03 PM
✨🗣️Upcoming book release from RT Editor, Jill Christman.

Jill has a new memoir coming out March 1 & the University of Nebraska Press is offering 50% off ALL books (even pre-orders!) until December 31st: use code 6HLW25 & give your future self a gift.

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December 17, 2025 at 3:57 PM
✨Take some time this Tuesday to read, “The Undertaking.” An essay by Ellen Rogers from River Teeth issue 24.1

✨Read this essay digitally through Project Muse (found easily through the link tree in our bio).

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December 16, 2025 at 3:04 PM
✨“The part of recovery no one tells you about is the somatic score your body keeps.”
-from “You Have Such Nice Veins,” this week’s Beautiful Things essay by Colin Katchmar

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December 15, 2025 at 3:03 PM
✨A new River Teeth Revisited is online today!

This week, Makayla Edwards brings to us:
The Geometry of Storytelling: Understanding Parallels in Steven Church’s “On Kids and Bombs (or How To Be a Hummingbird)” from RT 15.2

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December 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
✨A glimpse into the pages of, “Don’t Turn Away.” An essay by Emily Brisse from River Teeth 18.1

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December 11, 2025 at 3:03 PM
✨Take some time this Tuesday to read, “Old Teammates.” An essay by Greg Bottoms from River Teeth issue 22.2

✨Read this essay digitally through Project Muse

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December 9, 2025 at 3:02 PM
✨“He was the child who drank tea with me each evening, sipping darjeeling while spilling stories of his latest crushes.”
-from “Loving the Child Who Is,” this week’s Beautiful Things essay by Maryam Mohit

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December 8, 2025 at 3:01 PM
✨🗣️River Teeth’s 2025 Pushcart Prize Nominations are official!

Your words have inspired, challenged, and left a lasting mark on everyone here at River Teeth and our readers! Help us celebrate these outstanding authors! 🎉

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December 5, 2025 at 3:04 PM
✨🗣️New Book Review! This month, Seth Kaplan reviews Tom McAllister’s, “It All Felt Impossible”

✨Visit our website to read more. You can find book reviews under the “Other Features” drop down menu on our website.

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December 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM