After reporting on elite athletes for almost a decade, I have one main takeaway: They’re just like us. No, really.…
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In Téa Obreht’s dystopian future, the lights are still on. Cell phones work, online forums breed new conspiracy theories, and…
“I am a lawyer,†I nodded humbly, breath bated for the reaction I wanted—no, needed—to receive. I said this to…
Not a whit. We defy augury. Hamlet, V. ii. 233 We were gone for almost all of August. When we…
There’s an old Talmudic injunction: “Your friend has a friend, and your friend’s friend has a friend; be discreet.†Living…
Take Me to the Island of Escaped Parrots Island of Escaped Parrots When I was a girl I had a…
When people think about Colombia, there’s one thing that comes to mind: The memory of the dark, violent past starring…
I learned about suicide in real time, like discovering the existence of airtravel by spotting a jet arcing across the…
As a young child, I’d wake in my bed, certain I was somewhere I didn’t belong, crying desperately to go…
A Billionaire Bender to Save the Fucking World Ryan Chapman Ryan Chapman is a Sri Lankan-American writer originally from Minneapolis,…
Electric Literature is pleased to reveal the cover for the poetry collection Ominous Music Intensifying by Alexandra Teague, which will be published…
Alvina Chamberland’s debut novel, Love the World or Get Killed Trying, is an explosive work of autofiction that combines playful…
Is an identity crisis just par for the course as human beings? Does it happen to everybody? I wondered this…
Before Geraldine DeRuiter first went viral in 2018 for her essay, “I Made the Pizza Cinnamon Rolls from Mario Batali’s…
“Erotic Bodywork†by Mark Bessen Standing in line at the H-E-B checkout, I’m mindlessly deleting emails when a photo of…
Rita Bullwinkel’s debut novel Headshot takes place in the confines of a boxing ring in Reno, Nevada, over two days…
This Is Not a Drill or Maybe It Is You Take a Covid Test Then Take a Picture of your…
I was excited when I RSVP’d. It would be a lovely way to end the tour, I thought, maybe even…