Dear Reader, Each snow globe in this illustration by Alli Katz depicts one of Electric Literature’s achievements this year. We…
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Diana Whitney’s second poetry collection, Dark Beds, is a rich text built of the many narratives that comprise middle age…
There’s no denying that this year has been an embarrassment of riches when it comes to truly extraordinary, life-changing novels.…
A lot of us talk the talk about what’s wrong with book publishing today—but who among us is walking the…
The Moon Has Always Been an Alien Alien Once, this stable hosted tens of thoroughbreds. But this ranch has a…
As I watched Donald Trump win the presidency on November 8th, 2016, I didn’t know that it meant my days…
When it comes to nonfiction, this year featured some truly stellar writing. This was a year in which we’ve seen…
Eskor David Johnson’s Pay As You Go is set in an imagined city, Polis, one that takes elements from New…
A Childhood That Defies Gravity Marcus Stewart Share article The Art of Levitation by Marcus Stewart Children hopped along the…
Public fascination with con artists, scams, and heists has been on the rise, with stories of Anna Delvey, Rachel Dolezal,…
Electric Literature is pleased to reveal the cover for the novel Catalina by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, which will be published by One…
Our street is the kind resplendent with trees that escort your car along its morning commute, their eager branches bending…
In a year packed with noteworthy novels, it can be hard to remember that big, important, vital ideas sometimes come…
In her 1993 poem, “won’t you celebrate with me,” author and educator, Lucille Clifton, invites us to wonder at the…
You Can’t Unsubscribe From Grief For Cai Replying All on the Death Announcement Email On New Year’s Day, I got…
Well-balanced partnerships of equal and mutual commitment among two parties, exchange positions of control with a seesaw’s regularity. One lifts…
Among the exceptional writing brought to us in 2023, poetry has seen a renewed and necessary visibility. Whether you’ve listened…
A woman turns into a forest. So begins Maru Ayase’s novel, The Forest Brims Over, translated into English by Haydn…