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Electric Literature’s Most Popular Articles of 2025
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The Best Book Covers of 2025: The Semifinals
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Exclusive Cover Reveal of “Spawning Season” by Joseph Osmundson
Trumpet vines twist around a wild salmon and grayscale sketch in a collage that evokes parenthood and ecology, loss and relief
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The Best Book Covers of 2025: Round Three
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The Best Book Covers of 2025: Round Two
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Exclusive Cover Reveal of “Self-Portrait as the ‘i’ in Florida” by P. Scott Cunningham
A mirror framed by alligators, flamingos, and tropical plants adorn this love letter to Miami
Dec 4 - Electric Literature
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As Artists, We Are in a Fight For Our Lives
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Keep People Reading in 2026
Help EL remain a home for human stories in a country increasingly inhospitable to art
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Exclusive Cover Reveal of “Place Envy” by Michael Lowenthal
This cover is filled with peepholes onto a map of unknowable terrain
Nov 13 - Electric Literature
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Exclusive Cover Reveal of “Earth 7” by Deb Olin Unferth
An isolated rocket zooms over deep, watercolor blues of outer space, reflecting the loneliness, diversity, and resilience of our planet
Nov 6 - Electric Literature
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Exclusive Cover Reveal of “Night Owl” by Aimee Nezhukumatathil
A painting of trees as dusk leans into darkness evokes poems that plumb the depths of nighttime
Oct 23 - Electric Literature
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