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Rain Taxi is a well-regarded print and online literary journal that "provides a forum for the sharing of ideas about books, particularly those that may be overlooked by mainstream review media or marginalized for presumed strangeness, difficulty, or other othering." They publish book reviews, interviews, and critical essays.
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Categories: Magazines and Literary Journals, Reviews and Criticism
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Deadline: Apr 1, 2025
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