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May 24 - Electric Literature
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Eric Drooker Illustrates the Art of Survival
The author discusses the role of graphic novels in an image-saturated world, storytelling outside the self, and economic struggle in "Naked City"
Oct 9 - Carli Cutchin
interviews
8 Books from South Africa You Should be Reading
Through storytelling, these writers explore the enduring impact of colonialism and apartheid on their country
Oct 8 - S.J. Naudé
Reading Lists
Douglas Unger Turns Rapacious Greed and Moral Slipperiness into High Literature
The author of "Dream City" on the honesty of casinos and how to do research like a novelist
Oct 8 - Sorayya Khan & Laura McNeal
interviews
Exclusive Cover Reveal of “Leave: A Postpartum Account” by Shayne Terry
The design uses medical-style illustrations to show the female anatomy the way it is often treated in a clinical setting, as a means-to-an-end for birth
Oct 8 - Electric Literature
Cover Reveals
The Life of a Muse Is No Life at All
“Sophy” by Alysandra Dutton, recommended by Halimah Marcus for Electric Literature
Oct 7 - Alysandra Dutton
RR Issue No. 647
7 Poetry Collections by Asian American Writers that Define Heart and the Infinite Volta
Poems full of emotion and surprises
Oct 7 - Dorothy Chan
Reading Lists
In HBO’s “Industry,” Words Are More Violent Than Violence Itself
Pierpoint’s employees don’t “outmaneuver” the competition, they “gut” and “slaughter” them—and the ethos behind their language follows them home
Oct 4 - Justin Hairston
Books & Culture
8 Books About Growing Up Through Ballet
Dancers have to navigate a painful cocktail of competitiveness, body-image issues, power dynamics, and a longing for acceptance
Oct 4 - Lucy Ashe
Reading Lists
Translator Janet Poole Talks Happy Endings in North Korean Literature
She discusses translating lost words and escaping grand political narratives in Choe Myeongik's “Patterns of the Heart"
Oct 4 - Esther Kim
interviews
There Is Nothing Clean or Spare About Being a Human
Everything about us is messy and complicated
Oct 3 - Maria Robinson
Personal Narrative
7 Howlingly Good Werewolf Books
Sink your teeth into stories about moonlit adventures and spine-chilling suspense
Oct 3 - Brian Asman
Reading Lists
Mrs. Morrison Corrects Her Obituary
A fiction debut by Taisiya Kogan
Oct 2 - Taisiya Kogan
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