There’s something inherently charged and dramatic about a dinner party—various individuals, couples, or families coming together to share a meal,…
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Reading Terrace Story is finding yourself delighted to be in the fairytale, even when you know the witch is coming…
Here at Electric Lit, we’re suckers for a good bookshelf. Any kind of bookshelf! Alphabetized shelves, color-coded shelves, shelves that…
My daughter was ten months old when I abandoned her for the first time, for five days. I went to…
Writing about pop culture and current technology is always a gamble, pitting critique of the present against longevity, a story…
Father’s Gone and So Is His Arm Worrying About Father’s Arm How will we solve the problem of how Father…
As we move into the fall reading season, deeply imagined short stories and inventive linked essays are having a moment…
By admirdervisevi - stock.adobe.comAndrás Visky is a Hungarian author living in Romania with a body of work that spans most literary genres, from…
Queer people have been writing historical fiction since before queerness existed—by which I mean, since before it was hammered into…
Violence Is the Only Law in This War Paul Yoon Share article The Hive and the Honey by Paul Yoon…
INarain’s home state of Uttar Pradesh / Reality Images / Adobe Stockt is a grim reality that many important Indian…
You can tell a lot about a country by the culture it consumes. The Bush era was defined by a…
A few years back, Mona Awad found herself in the grips of a skincare addiction. Hauling her laptop with her…
Murder has long been a man’s game in literature. Patrick Batemen, Joe Goldberg and Tom Ripley are just a few…
When I turned eighteen, I started going to a Lincoln Heights music venue called Low End Theory a couple times…
Brando Skyhorse’s new novel My Name is Iris, is a harrowing and, at times, darkly funny exploration of one woman’s…
Electric Literature is excited to welcome Deesha Philyaw, acclaimed author of The Secret Lives of Church Ladies, to its board…
Since Roe v Wade was repealed in the summer of 2022, those of us who believe in bodily autonomy have…