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A Workshop for Shame and Sexual Energy
I closed the gulf between my intellectual and emotional comfort zones with an erotic massage
Mar 14 2024 - Mark Bessen
Before 2016 I Dated Republicans Without Much Shame
We all like to think we can influence our partner’s political views but “Everything’s Fine” tells a different story
Dec 6 2023 - Ginny Hogan
Joan Didion, Meet Seema Patel
“And Just Like That” portrays a loneliness that isn’t empowering or aspirational or beautiful
Oct 19 2023 - Kelsey Shelton
I Learnt About Masculinity From a Colombian Telenovela
Unfairly maligned as a 'woman’s genre,' the telenovela is a perfect vehicle to look at the lessons taught to young boys like me
Jun 30 2023 - Manuel Betancourt
A Doctor and a Scientist Write to Remember
John Okrent’s “This Costly Season” reckons with illness, caregiving, and the trauma of recollection
Sep 1 2022 - Joseph Osmundson
Our Decades-Long Friendship Has Become a Liability
"Pre-Existing Conditions" by Katie Moulton, recommended by Electric Literature
Aug 31 2022 - Katie Moulton
9 Novels That Don’t Fear the Reaper
Coco Picard, author of "The Healing Circle," recommends fiction that considers the meaning of life by confronting death
Aug 18 2022 - Coco Picard
Announcing the Shortlist for the Inaugural Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction
The $25,000 prize honors a book-length work of imaginative fiction
Jul 28 2022 - Electric Literature
Looking Back, Was I The Idiot?
Elif Batuman’s “Either/Or” illuminates the aftermath of an unusual relationship from my youth