Curating a New Literary Canon
Who (and what) deserves to be in America’s first museum dedicated to writers?
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Will the OED Canonize New Trump Words?
Jan 30 2017 - Dani Spencer
The Literary Canon of Carlos Danger Characters
Jul 24 2013 - Benjamin Samuel
7 New Southern Gothic Novels by Women Writers
Ciera Horton McElroy, author of Atomic Family, recommends books proving the Southern Gothic canon no longer belongs to only men
Feb 28 2023 - Ciera Horton McElroy
10 Afro-Latina Writers You Should Read Right Now
Poets, fiction writers, and memoirists who capture what it’s like to inhabit multiple identities
Feb 6 2023 - Jennifer Maritza McCauley
Opera and the Endless Melodies of Queerness
Jack Lancaster explores “Rigoletto” and the long held trope of the opera queen
Jan 31 2023 - Jack Lancaster
17 Small Press Books From 2022 That You Might Have Missed
Gems from indie publishing houses for your TBR pile
Jan 27 2023 - Bekah Waalkes
When Reality is More Terrifying Than Cursed Bunnies
Bora Chung uses the fantastic to examine the absurdity of misogyny and society’s injustices in her short story collection
Dec 28 2022 - Jaeyeon Yoo
Electric Lit’s Favorite Nonfiction Books of 2022
Books by Melissa Febos, CJ Hauser, and Tajja Isen rank among our top picks in an outstanding year for nonfiction
Dec 22 2022 - Electric Literature
10 New Poetry Collections by Latinx and Caribbean Writers
Poems that celebrate diasporic identity and rage against oppression
