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Editors
Executive Director
Halimah MarcusExecutive Director, Electric Lit, Inc. , Editor-in-chief, Electric Literature's Recommended Reading
essays editor
Kelly LuceAuthor of HANA SASAKI GROWS A TAIL & a novel, PULL ME UNDER (@fsgbooks.) Harvard @radinstitute fellow. 四国, やった, veggies, flying discs. Essays ed. @ElectricLit
Jennifer Baker
Writer/Editor; creator, Minorities in Publishing podcast; editor of EVERYDAY PEOPLE (2018, Atria Books); 2017 NYSCA/NYFA Fellow. Website: jennifernbaker.com
Erin Bartnett
Staff Writer @ Electric Lit, Fiction Editor @ American Chordata, Reader everywhere else. twitter:@erinkbart
Leah Johnson
Leah Johnson is a fiction writer and essayist whose work is centered on the miracle and magic of black womanhood. You can find her on Twitter @byleahjohnson.
Writers
Elisa Gabbert
Poet and essayist. Author of The Unreality of Memory, The Word Pretty, and other books. On Twitter at @egabbert. More info at http://www.elisagabbert.com/
Riane Konc
Jokes in the New Yorker, the NYT, McSweeney’s, and more. Order my satirical holiday book, BUILD YOUR OWN CHRISTMAS MOVIE ROMANCE, today. More: www.rianekonc.com
Rachel Mans McKenny
Writer and author. Mostly harmless/water. Stuff in McSweeney’s, NYTimes, WaPo, The Rumpus, Electric Lit, etc. rachelmansmckenny.com
Join the Party Podcast
Join the Party is a collaborative storytelling and roleplaying podcast. That means four friends create a story together, chapter by chapter.
Ashley Hutson
Ashley Hutson is a writer living in Sharpsburg, Maryland. Her work has appeared in Wigleaf, SmokeLong Quarterly, Fanzine, and matchbook. www.aahutson.com
Kim Kelly
Freelance journalist, organizer, and all-around troublemaker covering labor, politics, and culture for GEN, Teen Vogue, the Baffler, the New Republic, and more.
Rachel Kraus
Cultural Reporter & Critic. LA → NYC http://blog.lareviewofbooks.org/category/cultural-omnivore/
Kyle Turner
Snarkoleptic. Queer monster. Amateur critic. Professional snob. Writer person. I am relieved to know that I am not a golem. Words in Slate, GQ, the NYTimes, etc
JessicaJernigan
Conjunctions, Electric Literature, Nonbinary Review, Women’s Review of Books, elsewhere.
B. Pietras
Essays in TriQuarterly, Electric Literature, Buzzfeed Reader, and Catapult. Working on a novel. Twitter: @reliqueery
Olga Zilberbourg
LIKE WATER AND OTHER STORIES published by WTAW Press. Work in Lit Hub, Electric Literature, The Common. Co-moderator of the San Francisco Writers Workshop.
Namrata Poddar, Ph.D.
Writer, Interviews Editor at Kweli, Desi Fashion Blogger on IG (@stylegully). Words at Longreads, Literary Hub, The Los Angeles Times etc. www.namratapoddar.com
Sandy Allen
Author of A KIND OF MIRRACULAS PARADISE (Scribner, 18) | Host of podcast MAD CHAT (www.madchatshow.com) | www.hellosandyallen.com | they/them
Erika Thorkelson
Freelance writer of non-fiction and fiction. Most recently her work has appeared in Maisonneuve & Room Magazine. http://erikathorkelson.com
Lindsay Lynch
Lindsay Lynch is a fiction writer from Washington, DC. She currently lives in Laramie, Wyoming.
Leah Johnson
Leah Johnson is a fiction writer and essayist whose work is centered on the miracle and magic of black womanhood. You can find her on Twitter @byleahjohnson.
Natalie Adler
Natalie Adler writes about literature, queer feminism, and leftist politics. Find her essays at https://natalieannaadler.wordpress.com/
Haley Swanson
essays in The Rumpus, Electric Literature, The Millions, Entropy, & elsewhere | haleyswanson.com
Kate Harding
Kate Harding is the author of Asking For It and co-editor with Samhita Mukhopadhyay of Nasty Women: Feminism, Resistance, and Revolution in Trump’s America.
Steffan Triplett
Black, queer essayist based in Pittsburgh. Criticism & Essays in Vulture, Electric Lit, Lit Hub, Vox, Slate, and elsewhere. // linktr.ee/stefftrip
Rae Nudson
A freelance writer based in Chicago with bylines at the Cut, Hazlitt, Paste Magazine, and more. Working on a book for Beacon Press. rae.nudson@gmail.com
Deena ElGenaidi
Deena ElGenaidi is a Brooklyn-based writer whose work has been published MTV News, Nylon, O Magazine, and elsewhere. Follow on Twitter and Instagram @deenaelg
Caeli Wolfson Widger
Caeli Wolfson Widger is the author of the novels MOTHER OF INVENTION (2018) and REAL HAPPY FAMILY (2014). She lives in Santa Monica, CA, with her family.
Brittany Lee Frederick
Brittany is a PhD student studying race and community and a poet. Contact her at Twitter @Britt_LF.
Amy Flyntz
Writer. Founder, Amy Flyntz Copywriting. Specializing in personal essays, web copy, digital marketing & beyond. Aquarian. Humanitarian. Sarcasm is my cardio.
Chantal Tseng
Literary Cocktails barkeep, Sherry Educating Ninja, promoter of woke wines, avid reader. DC based.
Kati Stevens
My new book FAKE is now available… And please get in touch if you're an agent who would like to represent my first novel.
Naima Coster
Author of HALSEY STREET, a novel of family, loss, and renewal, set in gentrifying Brooklyn (Little A Books, 2018). www.naimacoster.com
Melanie Bui Larsen
Writer, reader, nonprofit minion, ex-dancer, ex-pianist, forever cat lady. Lives in DC Metro area with her husband. Find her on Twitter @melanie_buiii.
Cameron Shenassa
Writing in Chicago. Dual citizen of the US and Luxembourg. Find him on Twitter @CameronShenassa
Hilarie Ashton
A writer and a teacher finishing my Ph.D at CUNY Grad Center, boxing as often as I can, and gazing at other people’s dogs
Megan Pillow
Megan Pillow (formerly Megan Pillow Davis) is a writer and doctoral candidate. Follow her on Twitter at @megpillow.
Judy Sobeloff
Writer, teaching artist, emotional risk-taker. Disarming with humor, one weird joke at a time.
Rachel Ashcroft
Rachel lives in Edinburgh and writes about pop culture, philosophy and plenty of things in-between. She enjoys reading, gaming and walking in the Highlands.
Susan Harlan
English professor who professes Shakespeare, avid collector of objects and ideas, committed road-tripper, and drinker of cocktails.
Taylor Moore
Taylor Moore is a freelance writer living in Chicago, IL. You can find her online at www.taylorgmoore.co and on Twitter at @taylormundo.
R.L. Maizes
R.L. Maizes is the author of the novel OTHER PEOPLE'S PETS, winner 2021 Colorado Book Award in Fiction, and the story collection WE LOVE ANDERSON COOPER.
K. A. Jagai
K. A. Jagai is a queer, multiracial writer and artist from Brooklyn, NY. Their work pursues the light that can only be seen when one is forced into the dark.
Harmony Cox
Harmony Mae Cox is a Midwestern essayist and storyteller. She loves dogs, coffee, and writing things for you- yes, especially you. Find her at harmonycox.com .
Elizabeth McCracken
The author of a handful of books, including Bowlaway (Ecco Press, February 2019).
Emily Popek
Emily F. Popek, a school communications professional and freelance journalist, lives in upstate New York with her family.
Amanda Oliver
Author of OVERDUE: Reckoning with the Public Library • writer, editor, teacher • amandaoliver.com