Flash fiction by Whitney Lewis. A story about going out, getting lost, and finding yourself in dangerous places. buff.ly/GoEIJWl
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Halimah Marcus interviews Julie Buntin about her new novel FAMOUS MEN. They talk about the impacts of #MeToo, internalizing stories that aren't yours, and writing characters who are poets. buff.ly/FTbzFI0
With feeling: a couple of wistful, yearning poems served warm by those literary types at @electricliterature.com: #poetry electricliterature.com/two-poems-by...
The Dead Return Every Minnesota Winter - Electric Literature
Two poems by Keng Xiong
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A Florida professor was fired after teaching an Ottessa Moshfegh story that was published in Electric Literature's Recommended Reading and recommended by The Paris Review. Now it's at the center of a national debate over what belongs in the classroom.
Read the Ottessa Moshfegh Story Behind a Florida Professor’s Firing - Electric Literature
The narrator is unlikeable and the story is “political.” All the more reason to read it, if you ask us
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A story about a Nigerian man navigating Europe after mysteriously becoming white. Written by A Igoni Barrett, recommended by Ethan Nosowsky. buff.ly/iYbCjhK
The best way to avoid finishing one essay? Start another. 📚
📝❤️ Which author do you automatically buy, no questions asked?
Emily Mirengoff interviews LIVING, TOGETHER editor Samantha Paige Rosen and contributors to discuss the tenderness and connection that emerge through sharing space with others. buff.ly/dVDWTfM
An essay about friendship, flowers, and finding meaning in cycles of addiction and recovery. An excerpt from I HAVE THIS THING FOR FLOWERS by Alysia Li Ying Sawchyn.
Even Better Than Saving a Life Is a Life That Does Not Need to Be Saved - Electric Literature
Her boyfriend was good when she would first let him back into the house. She was an optimist
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With the support of the Amazon Literary Partnership, Electric Literature publishes more than 500 writers every year and reaches more than 3.5 million readers. We're so grateful for the support! #AmazonLiteraryPartnership
Two poems by Keng Xiong about the ghosts you might encounter during a Minnesota winter. buff.ly/3wlzC8d
Shandela Contreras interviews Cecilia Eudave and Robin Myers, translator of THE SUMMER OF THE SERPENT. They discuss writing violence, preserving a writer's voice across languages, and the significance of the year 1977.
An English Language Debut That Translates the Violence Beneath a Neighborhood - Electric Literature
THE SUMMER OF THE SERPENT author Cecilia Eudave and translator Robin Myers discuss the ordinary cruelties that shape a society
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A story about a missing girl and a Tarot card reader who begins to suspect he may somehow be responsible. By Katerine Conner, recommended by Jacob M. Appel.
There Is More Than One Way to Read Tarot in the French Quarter - Electric Literature
“The Hanged Man” by Katherine Conner, recommended by Jacob M Appel
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📖💭 If you could experience one writer's work for the first time all over again, who would you choose?
"All of them share, I think, a consciousness that comes from being unable to take roles within sex for granted, a consciousness that is as concerned with the mind as it is the body, and which can produce stories ranging from the outright erotic to the deeply unsettling."
The Best Queer Sex Scenes Are About More Than Just Sex - Electric Literature
These books use intimacy to explore power, longing, shame, and the self
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Adrian Markle, author of Bruise, explores sport sovels that are about more than athleticism in @electricliterature.com . He includes Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese in his piece. A great book! Thanks @amarkle.bsky.social electricliterature.com/7-sport-nove...
7 Sport Novels About More Than Athleticism - Electric Literature
Sport exists as a product of our political and politicized cultures and these stories help us understand the world we live in
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Emilee Hackney's memoir ALL THAT'S UNSEEN publishes next week. Read an excerpt in @electricliterature.com now. electricliterature.com/leaving-my-f...
Leaving My Fiancé, Losing My Faith, and Finding Freedom - Electric Literature
I had no one to answer to. No one to make me feel guilty and dirty and sinful
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We're grateful to @electricliterature.com for the exclusive cover reveal for Beauty Talk by @asaldrake.bsky.social, now available for preorder on the Noemi website! See the full feature with commentary from Asa and cover designer Alban Fischer here: electricliterature.com/exclusive-co...
A story about what remains after the life you planned falls apart. An excerpt from ALL THAT'S UNSEEN by Emilee Hackney.
Leaving My Fiancé, Losing My Faith, and Finding Freedom - Electric Literature
I had no one to answer to. No one to make me feel guilty and dirty and sinful
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A flash fiction story by Kevin Spaide about a parent's anxiety spiraling while traveling with their son.
Fly Me to the Island of Giant Rats - Electric Literature
"Departure," flash fiction by Kevin Spaide
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Last chance to submit! We're just a few submissions away from reaching our fiction cap. Poetry is still open through the end of today or until we reach 600 submissions, whichever comes first. Learn more here: buff.ly/rw9TZwk
Thomas Schlesser interviews Natalie Lemle on her debut ARTIFACTS. They talk about myths, the shadowy art world, unstable memories, and more. buff.ly/2a0DYZj
A story by Samuel Jensen about a man becoming handsome after a lifetime of being plain. Recommended by Willem Marx. buff.ly/ezsDou1
"The intense intimacy of friendship is having a moment in contemporary fiction." A list of books by Rebecca Chace that center the intimacy of friendship. buff.ly/6frmzO0
When Friendship Is the Real Love Story - Electric Literature
These books center the intimacy of our platonic bonds, and the heartbreak of watching them change
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Sam Risak interviews Arielle Hebert on her new poetry collection BOTTOM FEEDERS. They talked about representations of Florida, the fear of being forgotten, addiction, and more. buff.ly/gxQleWm
An excerpt from Julie Buntin's novel, FAMOUS MEN. A story about a literary life bankrolled by a famous mentor.
Being a Novelist Only Costs Romantic Compromises and Debilitating Debt - Electric Literature
An excerpt from FAMOUS MEN by Julie Buntin, recommended by Chelsea Bieker
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An excerpt from Julie Buntin's novel, FAMOUS MEN. A story about a literary life bankrolled by a famous mentor.
Being a Novelist Only Costs Romantic Compromises and Debilitating Debt - Electric Literature
An excerpt from FAMOUS MEN by Julie Buntin, recommended by Chelsea Bieker
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An essay by Brian Lin on the state of masculinity and the limitless grace for great "men."
We’ve Made a Mess of Masculinity, but I Believe It Can Change - Electric Literature
Let us talk through the crisis among men with intimacy and grace
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