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A Journal of Nonfiction Narrative || Where good writing counts and facts matter.
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✨Take some time this Tuesday to read, “Out of Place.” An essay by Nicole Walker from River Teeth issue 15.2

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November 11, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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✨“I go back to that fateful day in mid-September. Was the morning air swollen with heat? Did you slip through the hospital doors unnoticed?”
-from “Toward Love,” this week’s Beautiful Things essay by Karen Skalitzky

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November 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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✨🗣️New Book Review!
This month, James T. Morrison reviews Jason McCall’s, “Razed By TV Sets.”

✨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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November 6, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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✨Travel back this Tuesday to River Teeth 20.2 and read, “Grass-covered Chest” by Fleda Brown.

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November 4, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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✨“In the lake on summer evenings at dusk, after the lifeguards have blown their last shrill decree and the children have trudged home with floaties nipping at their heels, I go for a swim.”
-from “The Art of Submersion,” this week’s Beautiful Things essay by Courtney Langdell

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November 3, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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✨ 🗣️This week, an interview featuring Laura Julier, River Teeth’s 2023 Literary Nonfiction Book Prize winner is live on our website.

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October 30, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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✨Take some time this Tuesday to read, “Some Notes on Rambling.” An essay by Sydney Lea from River Teeth issue 6.1

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October 28, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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“He thinks every question has an answer. A map, an explanation, a truth from millions of years ago. Delivered before bedtime.”
-from “Nobody Knows,” this week’s Beautiful Things essay by Rachel M. Hollis
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October 27, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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✨There is one more week left to submit to River Teeth’s 2025 Literary Nonfiction Book Prize! The deadline is October 31, 2025.

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October 24, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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✨ A new River Teeth Revisited is online today!

This week, Mikayla Galgerud brings to us: A Gallery of Moments: Finding New Forms in Angela Pelster’s “Eating the Dead: A Guided Tour” from RT 18.1

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October 23, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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✨Travel back this Tuesday to River Teeth 7.1 and read, “The Vulture Tree,” by Katie Fallon.

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October 21, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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“Twirling tiptoe, I am light as satin and tulle, a ballerina dancing under the kitchen spotlights, assisted and lifted by my duet partner, waltzing...”
-from “Dancing Shoes,” this week’s Beautiful Things essay by Sarah Fawn Montgomery
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October 20, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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✨Submissions for Beautiful Things are still open!

✨Want to challenge yourself this weekend? Write a Beautiful Thing and submit through the Submittable portal.

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October 17, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Exciting News!

This week Pop of Culture will feature, "Jumping in Leaves," by Joseph Gross.

🎧Catch them in real time by tuning into IPR Muncie 92.1 FM at 12pm on Friday (10/17) or Saturday (10/18)
October 16, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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✨Take some time this Tuesday to read, “Dear Jack, Ted, Jim or Some Other One-Syllable Name.” An essay by Cynthia Anne Brandon from River Teeth issue 13.1

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October 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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"Jimmy Buffett’s 'Volcano' blared from the lanai speakers, steel drums skipping over sun-soaked chaos. Kids doing cannonballs, adults sloshing bourbon in plastic cups..."
-from “Volcano,” this week’s Beautiful Things essay by Bethany Bruno
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October 13, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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✨A glimpse into the pages of, “Italian Lessons.” An essay by Sue Allison from River Teeth 7.1

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October 9, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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✨Travel back this Tuesday to read, “A Good Weapon.” An essay by Jackson Connor from River Teeth issue 14.2

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October 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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“Even when cancer tethered her to her couch, she didn’t want anyone tethered with her.”
-from “On the Manly Art of Quilting,” this week’s Beautiful Things essay by Eric K. Taylor
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October 6, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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✨ 🗣️ Introducing River Teeth's 2025 Literary Nonfiction Book Prize Judge, Ander Monson! We are ecstatic to have Monson working with us as the final judge. His interview with our Assistant Managing Editor, Natasia Verdel, is live on our website, which you access through the link in our bio.
October 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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✨Take some time this Tuesday to read, “The Polaroid Baby and the Shape of Time.” An essay by Jessica Johnson from River Teeth issue 23.1

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September 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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✨ Meet our River Teeth Fall 2025 interns! At Ball State, graduate students have the opportunity to get hands-on experience with every aspect of magazine publishing through our literary editing course. We are excited to have such a great team working for the magazine!

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September 25, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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✨Treat yourself this Tuesday to River Teeth 21.2 and check out Hope Henderson’s essay, “Star Tables.”

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September 23, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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“I don’t tell you you’re my muse; that will come later, after we’ve left this adobe house in the New Mexico mountains, where you’re gracious to let me stay.”
-from “Letter from the Same Room,” this week’s Beautiful Things essay by Lauren Fath
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September 22, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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✨A glimpse into the pages of, “A Meditation on Pain.” An essay by Ira Sukrungruang from River Teeth 16.1

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September 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM