# OPENINGS

Rae Cline is the author of The Indefinite State of Imaginary Morals and the Founding Editor of Eckleburg. Her debut novel is coming from 7.13 Books in August 2026. Her work appears in The Paris Review, McSweeney’s and more.

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## [Where Moral Authority Begins](https://raecline.substack.com/p/where-moral-authority-begins)

_2026-08-09 · Rae Cline_

Part I: Beloved by Toni Morrison

## [BOMB: Issue 176, THE BROOKLYN RAIL: July/Aug '26, THE PARIS REVIEW: Summer '26 & ONE STORY: "Monarch"](https://raecline.substack.com/p/bomb-issue-176-brooklyn-rail-julyaug)

_2026-08-02 · Rae Cline_

OPENINGS: Where Stories Connect

## [NOON: 2026, HIGH LONESOME, BONE BLACK, HIDDEN RIVER AND CONFUSE THE WIND](https://raecline.substack.com/p/noon-2026-high-lonesome-bone-black)

_2026-07-24 · Rae Cline_

OPENINGS: Where Stories Connect

## [The Hollis Chapman Show: Precious Ugly, Domestic Violence and the Resilience of Girls](https://raecline.substack.com/p/the-hollis-chapman-show-precious)

_2026-07-20 · Rae Cline_

How does a child survive terrible circumstances?

## [Ghosts of the Gipper: Making America Sick Again](https://raecline.substack.com/p/ghosts-of-the-gipper-making-america)

_2026-07-19 · Rae Cline_

Every presidency leaves something behind

## [She lay back in the water again...](https://raecline.substack.com/p/she-lay-back-in-the-water-again)

_2026-06-06 · Rae Cline_

PRECIOUS UGLY

## [God had taken all the warmth of the earth...](https://raecline.substack.com/p/god-had-taken-all-the-warmth-of-the)

_2026-06-04 · Rae Cline_

PRECIOUS UGLY

## [WAITING ON A FRIEND by Natalie Adler](https://raecline.substack.com/p/waiting-on-a-friend-by-natalie-adler)

_2026-05-26 · Rae Cline_

Hogarth

## [THE FEAR OF 13 with Adrien Brody and Tessa Thompson](https://raecline.substack.com/p/the-fear-of-thirteen-with-adrien)

_2026-05-25 · Rae Cline_

James Earl Jones Theatre, NYC

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_2026-05-25 · **Sponsored**_

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## [THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD by Zora Neale Hurston](https://raecline.substack.com/p/their-eyes-were-watching-god-by-zora)

_2026-05-22 · Rae Cline_

Storytime with Sophi