7 Novels Set During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Stories about people navigating life under lockdown and reaching their breaking points
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“The Leftovers” Is Teaching Me Who I Want to Be After Covid
Watching Kevin Garvey figure out how to emerge from disaster has helped me see a way forward for myself
Jun 30 2021 - Michael Colbert
This Novel About Ebola Can Teach Us How to Recover from Covid-19
The many voices in Veronique Tadjo's "In the Company of Men" highlight the need for solidarity in a crisis
Mar 4 2021 - Giselle Defares
Electric Lit’s Best Poetry Collections of 2023
Gabrielle Bates, Sam Sax, Sally Wen Mao, and Edgar Kunz highlight a year of celebrated poetry collections
Nov 28 2023 - Electric Literature
Sigrid Nunez Captures the Vulnerability of the Early Days of the Pandemic
In "The Vulnerables," a parrot without its owners, a trouble teen, and an older writer weather lockdown together
Nov 23 2023 - Jaeyeon Yoo
The Craft of Turning Video Games into Literary Essays
J. Robert Lennon and Carmen Maria Machado discuss how their anthology "Critical Hits: Writers Playing Video Games" came together
Nov 21 2023 - Summer Farah
My Spite Could Fill a Museum
Three poems by Maya Jewell Zeller
Nov 15 2023 - Maya Jewell Zeller
Exclusive Cover Reveal of Danez Smith’s Poetry Collection “Bluff”
We spoke to the designer and the poet about the book's design process
Nov 10 2023 - Electric Literature
Complicating the Narrative of Mental Illness Using the Monsters from Asian Mythology
Jami Nakamura Lin sees her life through the prism of folklore in the illustrated memoir "The Night Parade"
Nov 7 2023 - Nicole Zhao
In Melissa Broder’s New Novel, Grief Looks a Lot Like a Cactus
The author of "Death Valley" discusses getting lost, learning from her characters, and the beauty of Best Westerns
