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In “James,” Percival Everett Does More than Reimagine “Huck Finn”
The author discusses writing from the perspective of Jim and language as a tool of oppression
Mar 19 2024 - Bareerah Ghani
Betrayed by the City That Raised Me
"The Waiting Room" by Annesha Mitha, recommended by Halimah Marcus for Electric Literature
Oct 23 2023 - Annesha Mitha
I Became a Writer When I Needed a Fresh Start
The horror that I will humiliate myself continues to haunt and overwhelm me
Jun 9 2023 - Rajat Singh
7 Haunting Ghost Stories by Black Women Writers
In literature, we have used ghost stories to tell the things we are too scared to hear about
Apr 7 2023 - Soraya Palmer
What’s More American Than Erasure?
Robert Lopez's book "Dispatches From Puerto Nowhere" explores the loss of his family's culture and language
Mar 23 2023 - Alyssa Oursler
Electric Lit’s Favorite Short Story Collections of 2022
Collections by Ling Ma, K-Ming Chang, Jonathan Escoffery, and Morgan Talty shine among the year’s best
Dec 21 2022 - Electric Literature
Inside the Process of Translating Korean Literature
Anton Hur, Sandy Joosun Lee, and Sung Ryu on their path as literary translators, creative process, and book recommendations
Oct 7 2022 - Brandon J. Choi
Sometimes It’s Good to Bring Our Worst Selves to Work
I learned a lot about fiction writing from my brief, inglorious career as a radio ad writer
Apr 15 2022 - Colleen Hubbard
I Found My Queer Guidebook in “The Well of Loneliness”
Then I realized how problematic Radclyffe Hall’s characters are