“Little Fires Everywhere” Asks Whether Art—Or Parenthood—Is Theft
The Hulu adaptation of Celeste Ng's novel wrestles with questions of appropriation, in art and life
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Electric Lit’s Best Short Story Collections of 2023
Collections by Alexandra Chang, Kelly Link, Yiyun Li, and Jamel Brinkley are among the year’s finest books of short fiction
Nov 30 2023 - Electric Literature
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
9 Books With Fabulist Worlds That Push Boundaries
David Lawrence Morse recommends stories that defy expectation and challenge our conception of the ordinary
Sep 12 2023 - David Lawrence Morse
The Most Anticipated LGBTQ+ Books for Fall 2023
Myriam Gurba, Isle McElroy, and Justin Torres are among those with forthcoming titles
Aug 31 2023 - Michelle Hart
Lessons and Carols for Recovery and Redemption
John West on creating art that reflects the messy reality of struggling with mental health and addiction
Aug 18 2023 - Hugh Ryan
7 Books That Use Fairy Tales to Reveal the Strangeness of the Real World
Rebekah Bergman, author of "The Museum of Human History," on how a fairy tale can subvert what we take for granted as normal
Jul 31 2023 - Rebekah Bergman
The Path to Self-Actualization Is Paved With Grifters and Psychics
Ruth Madievsky talks about her drug-hazed fever dream of a novel "All-Night Pharmacy"
Jul 11 2023 - Arturo Vidich
A Teenage Girl Is a Funhouse Mirror
"Didi" from CALL UP THE WATERS by Amber Caron, recommended by Clare Beams
Jul 3 2023 - Amber Caron
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
