Electric Lit’s Most Popular Articles of 2022
Halimah Marcus, Michelle Hart, and Amanda Oliver wrote some of the most popular essays, lists, and interviews of the year
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The Eerie Experience of Watching My Science Fiction Story Become Real
Predicting the future in my fiction helped me see the value in timely yet timeless stories
Oct 20 2022 - John Perilli
One of the Earliest Science Fiction Utopias Was a Protest Against Patriarchy
Over a century ago, Bengali Muslim writer Rokeya Hossain wrote a short story about a world run by women, fueled by solar power
Aug 8 2022 - Tanya Agathocleous
The First Flight Out of the Cult of Celebrity
"You Have a Friend in 10A" by Maggie Shipstead, recommended by Stephanie Danler
May 11 2022 - Maggie Shipstead
Our Favorite Essays about Unconventional Writing Teachers
Could watching the Great British Bake Off do more for your writing life than an MFA?
Dec 31 2021 - Lauren Hutton
We’re All Faking It For Social Media
Emma Cline, author of "Daddy," on how the bad guys never think of themselves as bad
Nov 13 2020 - Deirdre Coyle
Writing Fantasy Lets Me Show the Whole Truth of Disability
In speculative fiction, I can center the disabled experience in a way that feels more real than realism
Oct 1 2020 - Ross Showalter
Why Is Everyone Suddenly Obsessed With Sourdough?
Robin Sloan, author of "Sourdough," demystifies our quarantine fixation—and explains what we can learn from lactobacilli
Apr 9 2020 - Jess Zimmerman
12 Books About Pandemics
Novels for people who find it oddly soothing to read about plagues
Mar 10 2020 - Electric Literature
11 Indie Literary Magazines You Should Be Reading
Steven Watson, founder of Stack, recommends print lit mags
