The parallels between Spears and Violetta indict powerful men wreaking havoc in the lives of young women
How the myth of universality keeps white women at the center of the literary ecosystem
Here’s what your favorite character says about the deal you’ve made with money and the depression that comes with it
Akwaeke Emezi’s "The Death of Vivek Oji" presents queerness as a personal, liminal space completely free of heteronormativity
I wanted to learn about Black oppression, only to discover my own erasure
The first monthly editorial letter from Electric Literature’s new Editor-in-Chief
How Isaac Babel, Osip Mandelstam, and other authors who share my heritage shaped my experience of grief and hope
What Andre Aciman, Jasmine Guillory, and Sally Rooney have to teach us about finding freedom in a good undefinable romantic relationship
Marie-Helene Bertino on how to honor the rules of storytelling while breaking the rules of physics
Thank You!
