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Both/And Is a Finalist for a Lambda Literary Award!
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Read the Ottessa Moshfegh Story Behind a Florida Professor’s Firing
The narrator is unlikeable and the story is “political.” All the more reason to read it, if you ask us
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Exclusive Cover Reveal of BEAUTY TALK by Asa Drake
A pearlescent spoon cradles the moon, rendering its beauty strange and luminous
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Exclusive Cover Reveal of THERE’S PLENTY OF SUNSHINE WHERE YOU’RE HEADED by Ghassan Zeineddine
Interlocking skylines orbit a brilliant sun, spanning lives from Lebanon to Dearborn
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Exclusive Cover Reveal of SECRETS AND OTHER HOBBIES by Mary Hannah Terzino
The shadowed hand over a young woman’s mouth reflects the secrets carried in these stories
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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
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A Meaningful Chapter in a Continuing Story
Thank you for 16 incredible years, Halimah!
May 29 - Electric Literature
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Exclusive Cover Reveal of “Upflow” by Diego Gerard Morrison
The anemic green texture of drought is juxtaposed by the promise of abundance in a country-shaped droplet of water
May 28 - Electric Literature
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Exclusive Cover Reveal of “Distortion” by Kathryn Bromwich
A compact mirror betrays an unsettling crack in the veneer of beauty and self-perception
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Exclusive Cover Reveal of “The Volcano Keeper” by Bradley Sides
Colorful blocks of imagery evoke pop art and sticky, Southern vignettes
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Exclusive Cover Reveal of “Blow Yourself Up” by Ankur Thakkar
An obscured, staticky figure conveys a growing tension between digital and analog life
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Electric Literature Belongs to All of Us
As Executive Director, I've learned to ask for what EL needs
Apr 9 - Halimah Marcus
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Announcing the Winner of March Cadness
A champion of charm and deceit is crowned
Apr 6 - Electric Literature
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