Reading Lists
8 Dark Academia Novels Set in Art School
What happens when ambition and talent go awry?
May 27 - Laura Leffler
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Queerness Is an Essential Part of Haiti’s Story
These nine characters insist trans and queer lives belong in all walks of Haitian life
Jun 23 - Falencia Jean-Francois
Reading Lists
Quarantining in Her Late Husband’s Apartment Is Making Her Horny
“Before” from HORIZON HONG KONG by Xu Xi, recommended by Sybil Baker
Jun 22 - Xu Xi
RR Issue No. 735
The Places We Love Are Disappearing. These Authors Are Grappling With It
These nine novels grieve beloved homes, cultures, and worlds that are fading away
Jun 19 - Vanessa Frances
Reading Lists
Americans Have Been Sold False Hope
“Dream big,” they tell us. “The sky’s the limit.” We are lied to.
Jun 18 - Zinzi Clemmons
Personal Narrative
The Policeman Finds Me Guilty of Joy
Two poems by Oladosu Michael Emerald
Jun 17 - Oladosu Michael Emerald
poetry
A Debut Novel About Individual Agency in Apocalyptic Times
Paige Lewis' debut novel "Canon" rejects the binaries that those in power use to control the narrative
Jun 16 - Mandana Chaffa
interviews
A Long-Lost Mother’s Embrace Is an Obliterative Fate
“The Ominous Shaft” by Marlena Williams, recommended by Preety Sidhu for Electric Literature
Jun 15 - Marlena Williams
RR Issue No. 734
Memoir Is a Form of Drag
“Drag Thing” author Gabe Montesanti and “Lipstick” author Eileen G’Sell on self-adornment, performance, and the power of radical reinvention
Jun 12 - Gabe Montesanti and Eileen G’Sell
interviews
I Glimpsed My Future at a High School Speech Tournament
There’s something sweetly sad about how I remember my scores from 25 years ago, evidence of a worth I still struggle to internalize
Jun 11 - James Davis
Personal Narrative
Exclusive Cover Reveal of “A Cow Gives Birth at Night” by Pajtim Statovci, Translated by David Hackston
The striking cover reflects the restlessness and claustrophobia of the novel
Jun 11 - Electric Literature
Cover Reveals
I Store My Demons Next to the Pickled Beets
"Ball Jar Demon," flash fiction by Kyle Winkler
Jun 10 - Kyle Winkler
Prose
Writer’s Block Is Part of Maggie O’Farrell’s Process
The author of "Hamnet" and "Land" on literary playlists, knowing when to stop writing, and lime-filled dark chocolate
Jun 9 - Electric Literature
interviews
