writing Archives - Electric Literature

Like Anne Rice, I Wanted To Pursue My Own Strangeness, Darkness, and Power

How the Queen of Gothic lit gave Lisa Locascio Nighthawk a career roadmap, and insight about her mother

Jan 25 - Lisa Locascio Nighthawk

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Woman opening Anne Rice's novel "The Vampire Lestat"

As A Woman, I Never Feel Safe Traveling Alone

Jami Attenberg’s new memoir “I Came All This Way to Meet You” brings travel writing into the 21st century

Jan 20 - Alexa Abdalla

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Woman looks up at airport departures sign

I Dedicated My Book to My Mother, But I Can’t Tell Her I Wrote It

Edgar Gomez on the pitfalls of writing his deeply personal memoir, "High-Risk Homosexual"

Jan 13 - Edgar Gomez

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Image of the cover of Gomez's "High-Risk Homosexual"

Fighting for My Marriage Came at Too High a Cost

The writings of Mary Oliver and May Sarton prepared my mother, and then me, to leave our husbands

Dec 9 - Sara B. Franklin

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How To Write About Trans People

Cis writers must de-centralize their gaze if they want to successfully include trans characters in their stories

Dec 7 - Eli Cugini

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Why Edgar Allan Poe Is the Best Writing Teacher for Our Own Hysterical Moment

Why Poe is the best writing teacher for our own hysterical moment

Oct 26 - Catherine Baab-Muguira

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Home Alone In The Eye Of The Storm

From Akwaeke Emezi's journal, kept during the most harrowing hours of Hurricane Ida

Oct 19 - Akwaeke Emezi

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A Master Class in Disrupting Realism and Making Magic

Marie-Helene Bertino on how to honor the rules of storytelling while breaking the rules of physics

Sep 16 - Marie-Helene Bertino

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Illustration of a bunny in a magician's hat

Mirrors Tell the Truth, but Not the Whole Story

To take myself seriously as a writer, I had to embrace my age

Jul 13 - Stephanie Gangi

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Like Anne Rice, I Wanted To Pursue My Own Strangeness, Darkness, and Power

As A Woman, I Never Feel Safe Traveling Alone

I Dedicated My Book to My Mother, But I Can’t Tell Her I Wrote It

Fighting for My Marriage Came at Too High a Cost

How To Write About Trans People

Why Edgar Allan Poe Is the Best Writing Teacher for Our Own Hysterical Moment

Home Alone In The Eye Of The Storm

A Master Class in Disrupting Realism and Making Magic

Mirrors Tell the Truth, but Not the Whole Story

Like Anne Rice, I Wanted To Pursue My Own Strangeness, Darkness, and Power

As A Woman, I Never Feel Safe Traveling Alone

I Dedicated My Book to My Mother, But I Can’t Tell Her I Wrote It

Fighting for My Marriage Came at Too High a Cost

How To Write About Trans People

Why Edgar Allan Poe Is the Best Writing Teacher for Our Own Hysterical Moment

Home Alone In The Eye Of The Storm

A Master Class in Disrupting Realism and Making Magic

Mirrors Tell the Truth, but Not the Whole Story

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