“Placenta, Polenta, a Piece of Onion†by Kirby Chen Mages It was the winter that Ryan and I were squatting…
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I grew up watching fights with my father on television, and have always been drawn to the sport—its characters, its…
Lawn Care Tips From My Dad’s Ghost Sundays Are for Yard Work When you first appeared in my backyard, riding…
When I started writing my memoir, The Cycle, about being diagnosed with Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD), I had rarely seen…
When Ijeoma Oluo began writing Be A Revolution: How Everyday People Are Fighting Oppression and Changing the World— and How…
I’ve lived in Alabama my entire life, and if I’m being honest, I doubt I’ll ever leave. It’s my home—my…
Pregnancy Is Turning Her Childfree Marriage Into a Russian Folktale Katya Apekina Share article An excerpt from Mother Doll by…
From one girl’s aspiration to Olympic gymnastics glory, to a boy’s stint living in the Idaho wilderness in hopes of…
Latin American literature—translated into English, authored by members of diasporic communities, unpacked by scholars, or written by next generation children…
Several months before my short story collection Sex Romp Gone Wrong was published, I started joking that my new book…
Electric Literature is pleased to reveal the cover for the book Unsex Me Here by Aurora Mattia, which will be published by Coffee…
Beacon Audiobooks has just released “Far Away Places: Vice Admiral Charles Emery Rosendahl and the Navy’s Airship Program†written by…
Hey, girl, it’s me. The book at the bottom of your “To Be Read†pile. I thought maybe tonight we…
“This Is How the Story Changes, This Is How the Body Remembers†by Raennah Lorne One day, when I tell…
A California Towhee bounced across the deck, its brown feathers tufted like a baby chick’s, proud and naive-looking all at…
We Deserve Applause for Normal Things One of Many Possible Configurations Born, 1968. Misunderstood everything, ‘72 to ‘86. Started pulling…
South Asian stories are often tales rich in culture and folklore, encapsulating the nuances and intricacies of a long, rich,…
Translated literature is no longer the forgotten, othered cousin of the Anglo-American literary scene. At Electric Literature, we have long…