Rebecca Woodward (@beckwoodward) explores the parallels between Prince Harry leaving the royal family and the experience of leaving a cult, through the lens of her own journey as an ex-Jehovah’s Witness. electricliterature.com/as-a-…
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“Although this is for a lifetime achievement award, I didn’t start writing until I was 58.” —Annie Proulx #NBAwards
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When going on vacation, it's important to pack a book. It's actually better to bring 2 books, since you might read quickly. If you want options, though, 3 books is ideal. Then again, if you read a book a day, you'll need 4 books. Really, you should pack 5 b
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Feeling self-actualized
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Incredible landscapes carved into books: bit.ly/vYqSDQ // @twistedsifter
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This is your holiday reminder that Tolkien and Lewis almost ended their friendship over Santa's appearance in "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe", and that art friends have always been Like That.
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"17776 loves the way that people love people, and the way that people love satellites, and lightbulbs, and the useless, myopic detail of the games we create." @Kristen_ONeal on the digital fiction to end all digital fictions. electricliterature.com/this-…
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Gang of Miss Havishams from Great Expectations swarm the London Underground bit.ly/1tttwvU h/t @advanyoung
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This 13 year old Pakistani girl is reading a book from every country in the world. We should all be this well-read!
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It’s everyone’s favorite time of year, the time when we publish R.O. Kwon’s (@rokwon) yearly list of upcoming books by women of color! electricliterature.com/61-bo…
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The "Great" Gatsby. WRONG! Lots of people say I'm the greatest Gatsby. His parties are pitiful. Have you seen Mar-a-Lago? #TrumpBookReport
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“I was always told, ‘People will not read your work because they are not universal stories.’” —@jesmimi winner of the #NBAwards for Fiction. @ScribnerBooks
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THE TRIAL. Look, is Josef K guilty? I don't know, but a lot of people are saying he is. A lot of the best people say it. #TrumpBookReport
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This was a good year for reading angry, and these novels did it incredibly well. Here are our picks for the best novels of 2018 (ft @melissabroder @rokwon @thommyorange and @rebeccamakkai to name a few!): electricliterature.com/elect…
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"Some of us are writing stories because of you."
Rest in peace, Alice Munro. electricliterature.com/an-op…
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Electric Literature is hiring! We are seeking a new assistant editor for our literary magazines. Remote applicants will be considered. BIPOC candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. electricliterature.com/elect…
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.@reesekwon with the round up to end all round ups: 46 books by women of color out in 2018. Bookmark this list because you'll find yourself returning to this list throughout the year. @rgay @LeesaCrossSmith @PKhakpour @VanessaHua @kirstin_chen and more. bit.ly/2DQ01j7
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When you and your writing bestie are being workshopped together and come to class ready to gas each other up
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We're pleased to announce the shortlist for The Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction (@ursulakleguin)! See the shortlisted titles, and read Erin Bartnett's (@erinkbart) conversation with Theo Downes-Le Guin about the prize and his mother's legacy. electricliterature.com/annou…
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Which Asian American author did you first read? Let us know in the comments!
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We’re live at the Oscars (of the Book World)! By that we mean the 74th National Book Awards, hosted by LeVar Burton. For the next 4 hours, we’ll be announcing the winners and bringing you highlights of the night. #NBAwards
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"Axiom's End" author @thelindsayellis talks to @TabithaBlanken about long writing processes, conspiracy theories, and the resurgence of sincerity in a deadly serious era. electricliterature.com/what-…
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Happy #NationalComicBookDay, friends! Today we're celebrating with some of our favorite prints, like this set of Banned Books criteria from @grantdraws.
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A reminder about rejection, from the NBA award winner, Jesmyn Ward: "Your work is being judged from a viewpoint that may not truly understand your existence, no matter how much you try to describe it." bit.ly/2hP6AfJ
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Literary fiction blurbs are always like “This book felt like someone was extracting my organs one by one with no anesthesia. A lyrical, torturous root canal of the heart. It was the best book I’ve ever read.”
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Beloved and brilliant fantasy writer Ursula K. Le Guin has died. We’ll be remembering her by reading her interviews electricliterature.com/ursul… and essays electricliterature.com/ursul… and of course her unparalleled fiction. RIP.
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Zadie Smith is amazing. Among her accolades is the Langston Hughes medal, which will be awarded on November 16. bit.ly/2yWJ3jh
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An essay about fanfiction that will keep you up to date with the latest Twitter trends. electricliterature.com/fans-…
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"We look at hands to see if they’re up for intimacy. Our hands do the work of sexual organs." @Kristen_Arnett writes: electricliterature.com/the-q…
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"Truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is." - Nadine Gordimer. RIP bbc.in/U9s2tZ
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Why have I not heard of this before? A map of city where every novel takes its place sounds incredible. bit.ly/2wNlN6v
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🚨Announcing our FIRST EVER
Creative Nonfiction submission window!🚨 CNF writers, send us your essays starting 6/1! electricliterature.submittab…
Curious what we're looking for in CNF? Come to our free, virtual salon on 5/16 to learn more and ask questions! (info threaded below 👇)
ALT Electric Lit Call for submissions, Creative Nonfiction Open June 1 - 15 or until we reach 500 submissions. CNF essays of 2000 - 6500 words. More info on the EL Submittable
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"Let’s read more broadly; let’s try inhabiting one another’s wildly varied, entirely human points of view. If we can’t imagine one another, how will we get through these next few years?" --R.O. Kwon bit.ly/2DQ01j7
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"I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually." Happy birthday, James Baldwin. Today we have your legacy on the mind. electricliterature.com/james…
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Let Us Read John Steinbeck's Werewolf Novel, You Cowards.
John Steinbeck’s estate urged to let the world read his shunned werewolf novel theguardian.com/books/2021/m…
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There has to be a better way
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Recommended Reading is OPEN for submissions! Send us your short stories of 2,000 - 10,000 words. We're capping at 750 submissions, so be sure to get yours in early! View guidelines and submit here: buff.ly/2Kg1Pcb
ALT CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS. Recommended Reading open until 9/3 or until we receive 750 submissions. Short stories of 2,000 - 10,000 words. More info on the EL Submittable
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I'm looking for writers and interviewers for Electric Literature. Please send writing clips and relevant information to jo@electricliterature.com. Interview experience preferred /writers of color encouraged!
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The Commuter is OPEN for submissions! Prose and poetry categories will be capped at 375 submissions each, so be sure to get your submissions in sooner rather than later (no cap
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ALT CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: The Commuter, Open until July 23 @ 11:59 PM PST* Short prose, poetry, and graphic narratives. *Prose and poetry categories will be capped at 375 submissions each. More info on EL Submittable
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"Cootie catchers" - or whatever name you knew this folded-paper fortune-teller by - were a popular example of girls' folk magic, and a decidedly literary one at that. @grnethercott explains: electricliterature.com/the-l…
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Please enjoy this very ordinary interview with @carmenmmachado about her introduction to the new edition of J. Sheridan LeFanu's 19th-century vampire novel, "Carmilla." electricliterature.com/carme…
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2019 is already off to a solid start, thanks to @rokwon and these books by women and non-binary writers of color (that you truly, absolutely need to read). #ReadMoreWomen electricliterature.com/48-bo…
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Coming to AWP? Be sure to play our AWP BINGO and visit the EL table 836 electricliterature.com/play-… #AWP16
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Jeff VanderMeer explains masterfully the ins and outs of developing imaginative scenes. Bookmark this article; you'll be referencing it years. Trust us. electricliterature.com/an-il…
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2015 was the year we learned bookstores weren't going anywhere. Hooray! electricliterature.com/books…
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BuzzFeed has a new literary editor, @theferocity, + Emerging Writers Fellowship. The scoop: electricliterature.com/buzzf…
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"I’m honestly happy with my new life and my new friends. I feel I can breathe now. Most of all, I have you to live for." bit.ly/2BNvmBE
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The new New Yorker cover looks a bit too much like my apartment newyorker.com/culture/cultur…
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A Queen is honored at tonight's #nbawards: Isabel Allende.
"I ask questions and I question everything. For my writing I don't have to take much: I draw on experiences. I draw on the sorrow and struggles of everyday. I draw on the joy..."
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Want to read more women of color? Here are 34 books coming out this year:
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The entire President’s Committee on the Arts & Humanities just resigned—with a coded message electricliterature.com/the-e…
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The National Book Awards winner for translated literature is...
Stênio Gardel, The Words That Remain
Translated from the Portuguese by Bruna Dantas Lobato
New Vessel Press
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A crash course in writing nonfiction, from authors who aren't men. electricliterature.com/i-tal…
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It's been a tough week, and we think we all deserve a little Friday fun. So, may we present to you—Met Gala outfits as book covers, a 🧵: starting with Lizzo as Matrix by @legroff
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"Alex’s essays have been there for us at many different stages of our lives." Writers @rokwon_, @nicole_soojung, @alicek, and @salesses discuss @alexanderchee's writing, influence, and latest book, HOW TO WRITE AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NOVEL. @HMHbooks bit.ly/2w8GL0J
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"I've measured out my life in coffee spoons. Beautiful spoons solid gold. Many people say they're the best spoons. Cost a lot." #TrumpPoetry
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Anybody else?
ALT many people lined up behind a door labeled "writing the first few pages of a bunch of new ideas" and a door with no one at it labeled "finishing an in-progress piece"
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And the March Madness Book-to-TV adaptation winner is... Good Omens! Queen's Gambit had a good showing on Instagram, but the Good Omens twitter fans really came through in this competition. Thanks to all for voting! electricliterature.com/march…
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Standing ovation for @cameron_kasky @funkpuncher and @zionkelly18 — 3 student activists against gun violence who are being awarded the PEN/Toni and James C. Goodale Freedom of Expression Courage Award. @PENamerican #PENGala
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"I only read male authors" #FiveWordsToRuinADate
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Clear your schedule: Every. Single. One. Of. These. Books. Are. A. Must. Read. bit.ly/2DQ01j7
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Speak Up!: A Graphic Account of @rgay and Erica Jong’s Uncomfortable Conversation electricliterature.com/speak… @marinaomi
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"Girls have long been drawn to games of chance, of luck, of peering into a future that seemed to already have been decided for them. If they couldn’t control the future, at least they could get a preview of what’s to come." electricliterature.com/the-l…
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The second #NBAwards Lifetime Achievement goes to @ArtSpiegelmaus, presented by @neilhimself who remarks: "Art makes art. He makes pictures, he makes words, he combines visual art with literary art and he makes magic."
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We’re extremely delighted to announce that Deesha Philyaw is joining EL’s board of directors! Hear from editor-in-chief @TheDenneMichele, executive director @HalimahMarcus, and Philyaw herself about this exciting development. Welcome, @DeeshaPhilyaw!
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The world lost one of the greats today. #RIPDavidBowie. Here're his top 100 books. electricliterature.com/david…
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Can you even imagine American literature without @PKhakpour, @viet_t_nguyen, @Shteyngart, or Nabokov? We can't!
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Looking for a podcast that's not hosted buy a group of literary dudebros? This list (featuring @MinoritiesinPub, @Vsthepodcast and @food4thotpod to name a few!) has got you covered: electricliterature.com/diver…
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Our awesome film/TV editor is back and wants your ideas! Send pitches for critical or personal essays on film and TV (with SOME kind of literary-ish angle) to anu@electricliterature.com.
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Anti-Asian violence didn't begin with the pandemic—it has a long history, which these books help explain. electricliterature.com/books…
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Happy Barbenheimer day to all who celebrate
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Attn: we’re launching a new series, which we’re thinking of as a feminist version of “By the Book.” Twice a month, we’ll have some of our favorite writers—of any gender—discuss their favorite books that aren’t by cis-men." @mcdbooks #ReadMoreWomen electricliterature.com/kicki…
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Fight the patriarchy—study women’s history! electricliterature.com/dicki…
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The entire office is in full on party mode today celebrating Recommended Reading's Associate Editor @brandonlgtaylor, who sold his novel AND short story collection to @CalMorgan at @riverheadbooks. We couldn't be happier! Congrats to all!
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Who is your favorite female author? #Internationalwomensday electricliterature.com/imagi…
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Queer young adult fiction isn't just for teenagers. It's also a way for adults to see the past they never got to experience. electricliterature.com/queer…
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"Disability Visibility" editor @SFdirewolf talks to @jbakernyc about the need for more first-person stories from disabled people.
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"I discovered that the world should be divided not into good and bad people but into cowards and non-cowards. Ninety-five percent of cowards are capable of the vilest things, lethal things, at the mildest threat." Bracing piece from the @parisreview. bit.ly/2lfMklx
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Everyone at this indie bookstore is actually the hottest person at this indie bookstore. Walking into an indie bookstore automatically makes you hot.
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As we all know, lesbians are only visible one day a year, so check out these gay and captivating books while you can. electricliterature.com/8-boo…
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Last night was the Met Gala and you know what that means… time for a thread of Met Gala looks as book covers ✨
Starting with Elle Fanning & The Altruists
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