RABBLE REVIEW (RR No.9 is Available Now!)

The Sunday Dispatch 2.15.26

“The role which the artist plays in society is to revive the primitive, anarchic instincts which have been sacrificed for the illusion of living in comfort.”
- Henry Miller
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Happy Valentine’s Day! :^)

Please welcome (back) Rowan! They were a guest editor on our 5th and 6th issue, and have returned in time for Issue 10 and beyond!

Imaginary Lover by Cs Crowe Today, you are a comic book character; Tomorrow, you are a Sophie Thatcher lookalike. You dissolve in the chrysalis of my brain. Your touch, emollient, I am softer for it. This is not a synonym for "better," Or even for "alive." Mushrooms are soft. They might not even be alive, just mycelia In a transient state of life, transpontine, Across a rotting log sleeping in the park. Because there were no benches, we sat Hand in hand, and pretended it didn't Stain the bottom of our pants. That would Require us to acknowledge them. The pants, I mean. The thin layer of fabric Keeps us from living with the wolves, With each other, something more and less Than a human, something feral and alive: Fulgurite that was once sand or a tree. This is how silicon is made. This is how we Teach a rock to pretend to think and breathe. How could we ever define our own sapience?

Pouring out and in by Strider Marcus Jones i must have broken every scripture thinking about the sculpture of your face your blossom face. modelled in skin with bones hid in expressions and confessions- understanding them i feel again impressions of your senses aroused when sensual steam condenses on quivering quill and quim pouring out and in. smoking in the dark- still floating, on the pillows, you used to arch giving up to me quaffing thirstily- then, i stand glowing with sweat like a god from the peat bog lovelust growing mo anam chara mo ghra.

It’s Valentine’s Day 💖 so here r some selected poems we’ve published at @rabblereview.bsky.social

Happy holidays, reader. We will see you in 2026 with a new issue of RABBLE REVIEW! Thank you for being a part of our journey this year.

And if you need a last minute gift send someone the gift of RABBLE REVIEW...just print out the URL to the issue you want to share. They'll love it! Probably.

My poems "Who?" and "A Letter to Forgotten Irish Miners" were published in @rabblereview.bsky.social Issue 9.

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Doing art, to cope with the Horrors

Meet the newest RABBLE REVIEW editor, Valerie Vargas! Valerie will be joining the editorial team beginning with the upcoming 10th issue of RABBLE REVIEW.

Please be sure to give her a big, RABBLE REVIEW, welcome!

Thank you to everyone who watched the livestream! You can watch the entire thing on our YouTube channel now!

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Thank you to everyone who watched the livestream! You can watch the entire thing on our YouTube channel now!

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Had a great Livestream with the @rabblereview.bsky.social team! I'll be uploading clips to the socials but this one with @angleneri.bsky.social made me laugh lol.

You can watch the entire show now on our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvjN...

YouTube video by RABBLE REVIEW RABBLE REVIEW No.9 LIVE!

We're live on Twitch and YouTube!

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Incidentally, everyone should check out @rabblereview.bsky.social for specifically leftist content ~

RABBLE REVIEW LIVE returns Sunday, November 9th. We'll be live streaming on both our YouTube and Twitch channels. We'll have readings, discussion, jokes, and more. Be there!

RABBLE REVIEW LIVE returns Sunday, November 9th. We'll be live streaming on both our YouTube and Twitch channels. We'll have readings, discussion, jokes, and more. Be there!

Check out some of our guidelines. And if you want to know what kind of work we publish then visit our site and start reading one of our past issues!

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Submissions for our TENTH issue are now open! Send us your prose, poetry, and art!

Deadline is November 23rd!

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This week's Featured Work of the Week comes from our ninth (and most recent) issue. It's, "Amalgamation," by Ali Ashhar.

Read it on page 115. It will also be featured on our site for this week.

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ICYMI we released a new issue of RABBLE REVIEW this past week. It is filled with terrific poetry, prose, and art. Give it a read and let me know which works are your favorite!

Okay, submissions for RABBLE REVIEW No.10 will open on...

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October 27th! Get your prose, poetry, and/or art ready!

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Before we share that bit of news be sure, if you haven't already, to check out RR No.9! We're incredibly proud of our new offering. Please enjoy!

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Hey folks! We hope you're enjoying the new issue. We're gonna announce our plans for a livestream celebrating the new issue in the next few days.

Also regarding our next issue: RR No.10...

Submissions for our tenth issue will open...on...

Thrilled to say that my poem “Who?” and my prose poem “A Letter to Forgotten Irish Miners” have both been published in this incredible issue! #poem #poetry #poetrycommunity

RABBLE REVIEW No.9 is NOW AVAILABLE! Thank you to our fantastic contributors, and thank you reader for reading! Enjoy and please let us know which works resonate with you the most.

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RABBLE REVIEW ISSUE No.9 | RABBLE REVIEW RABBLE REVIEW No.9 launches on October 10th, 2025! Check back here later!

RABBLE REVIEW No.9 will be arriving later tonight. We have a few little things to fix up before it's ready. We appreciate your patience. It's a gorgeous issue and we can't wait for you to read it!

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Our Best of the Net Nominees | RABBLE REVIEW Here is RABBLE REVIEW's nominees for the Best of the Net 2026 anthology. Congrats to our nominees!

New Blog Post: Our Best of the Net Nominees

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I love typesetting. Typesetting is my favorite thing to do. It is the best part of making rabble review wow

We're still looking to expand our team. If you have any interest in working with us at RABBLE REVIEW then inquire within!

Here is the cover of RABBLE REVIEW No.9! Launching October 10th!

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We're expanding our team!

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