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Electric Literature Has a Brand New Website
Electric Literature Has a Brand New Website
Forward our mail and send housewarming gifts, because we don’t live here anymore
Halimah Marcus
Mar 25, 2019
Electric Literature has moved!
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The Disastrous Decline in Author Incomes Isn’t Just Amazon’s Fault
The Disastrous Decline in Author Incomes Isn’t Just Amazon’s Fault
The bookselling behemoth is making life harder for writers, but so is the public perception that art doesn’t need to be paid for
Carrie V Mullins
Jan 11, 2019
9 Books to Read if You Can’t Wait for the Next Season of ‘BoJack Horseman’
9 Books to Read if You Can’t Wait for the Next Season of ‘BoJack Horseman’
Everyone’s favorite depressed horse will come back to TV eventually, but here’s what to read in the meantime
Frances Yackel
Jan 11, 2019
48 Books By Women and Nonbinary Authors of Color to Read in 2019
48 Books By Women and Nonbinary Authors of Color to Read in 2019
Resolve to put all these anticipated books on your reading list
R.O. Kwon
Jan 1, 2019
A Brand New Interview with David Foster Wallace
A Brand New Interview with David Foster Wallace
This discussion of postmodernism, translation, and the internet has never been published in English
Electric Literature
Nov 16, 2018
These Book Covers Are So Terrible You Won’t Believe They’re Real
These Book Covers Are So Terrible You Won’t Believe They’re Real
Wordsworth Classics has produced some of the most baffling cover art in the business
Madeline Raynor
Oct 19, 2018
7 Flash Fiction Stories That Are Worth (a Tiny Amount of) Your Time
7 Flash Fiction Stories That Are Worth (a Tiny Amount of) Your Time
You can probably power through all of these great short-short stories in one long bathroom break
Electric Literature
Oct 12, 2018
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Why Buying Books Will Not Save Our Beloved Bookstores
Why Buying Books Will Not Save Our Beloved Bookstores
An independent bookshop owner explains why purchases alone can’t keep small stores afloat—and what to do instead
Erin Bartnett
Oct 11, 2018
A Master Class in Women’s Rage
A Master Class in Women’s Rage
Want to understand what all the women you know are so angry about? Here’s a syllabus
Kate Harding
Sep 27, 2018
Title Your Inspirational Memoir With Our Handy Chart
Title Your Inspirational Memoir With Our Handy Chart
What’s your “Eat, Pray, Love”? We’ve made it easy to find out
Electric Literature
Sep 13, 2018
Young Adult Novel Twitter Is Losing Its Absolute Mind Over Penis-Shaped Soap
Young Adult Novel Twitter Is Losing Its Absolute Mind Over Penis-Shaped Soap
A subscription box featuring a YA fantasy novel contained some unexpected perks
Erin Bartnett
Aug 15, 2018
The Best Literary Sex Scenes
The Best Literary Sex Scenes
Lisa Locascio, author of 'Open Me,' on 11 books that get sex right
Lisa Locascio
Aug 8, 2018
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