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Please Accept This Ghost-Written Apology From My Influencer Client
May 8 - Jade Jones

The Only Thing We Have in Common Is Sweaty Desperation
Apr 19 - Jon Elofson

Fate Is a Flask Spiked With Acid
Mar 1 - Joel Cuthbertson

His Father’s Memories Are Not His Own
Jan 18 - Bill Cotter

There’s No Place Like Jersey for the Holidays
Dec 28 - Drew Nelles

Best Friends Are Better Kept Long Distance
Nov 23 - Kristen Iskandrian

Music That Transcends Everything But His Circumstance
Oct 26 - Jai Chakrabarti

Lydia Millet on the Value of Neighbors in an Alienated Society
Oct 10 - Halimah Marcus

Mom’s Ghost is Trapped in the Mouth of an Alley Cat
Sep 28 - Nick Otte

Our Decades-Long Friendship Has Become a Liability
Aug 31 - Katie Moulton

Alice Elliott Dark Writes Women in Their 80s Like Men in Their 30s
Jul 8 - Halimah Marcus

No Depth Can Bury the Family Guilt
Jun 8 - Nathan Harris

Elif Batuman on the Tragedy of Heterosexual Dating
May 24 - Halimah Marcus

Calling a Woman Selfless Isn’t a Compliment
May 5 - Halimah Marcus

The Chickens Will Inherit the Earth
Apr 27 - Zoë Ballering

Everyone’s Sins Taste Delicious Except My Own
Feb 2 - Jane Flett

The Thin Line Between a Drill and an Emergency
Jan 5 - Mark Jacquemain

In the Eyes of a Father of Daughters
Dec 8 - Matthew Neill Null

Stay Forever in the Office of the Mind
Nov 10 - Leland Cheuk

Home is a Trip You Can’t Ever Take Again
Oct 13 - K. David Wade

There Is No Test Prep for Sibling Rivalry
Jul 21 - Weike Wang

Edith Wharton Was Mom’s Love Language
Jun 23 - Robert Travieso

A Trust Fund Boyfriend Who Doesn’t Own Sheets
Jun 9 - Laurie Colwin

Things You Should Have Thought of Before Ordering a Baby
Apr 28 - Sheldon Costa

The Perfect Housewarming Gift is White-Hot Envy
Mar 3 - Rumena Bužarovska

The First Day and Everything After
Jan 6 - Joel Cuthbertson

Is There Still a Role for Literature in 2020?
Dec 17 - Halimah Marcus

A Quarantine Hobby to Stress Out Your Marriage
Dec 2 - SJ Sindu

MFA vs. GDP
Sep 9 - Paul Dalla Rosa

Nine Months Playing House in Beijing
Aug 19 - Diana Xin

Before and After She Fell Down the Stairs
Jun 17 - Kate Doyle

In Lydia Millet’s “A Children’s Bible,” the Kids Save the Parents from Apocalypse
May 12 - Halimah Marcus

Does She Have Postpartum or Is She Just Realistic?
Apr 22 - Kate Tighe-Pigott

Ted Chiang Explains the Disaster Novel We All Suddenly Live In
Mar 31 - Halimah Marcus

How to Write an Ending that is Surprising Yet Inevitable
Feb 13 - Halimah Marcus

A Beautiful Wife Is Suddenly Dead
Feb 5 - Margaret Meehan

I Bought the Goblin App and All I Got Was This Eating Disorder
Jan 15 - Rachel Harrison

Forsaken by the Bitch Goddess at Year’s End
Dec 25 - Carson McCullers

All You Have To Do Is Kill Her Off
Dec 4 - Lynn Coady

Help Us Reach 1000 Members by 2020
Nov 12 - Halimah Marcus

Married with Kids: One Star, Difficult to Assemble
Nov 6 - Courtney Maum

Schrödinger’s Cat, But for Marriage
Sep 11 - Olivia Parkes

6 Literary Party Games for Your Next Salon
Aug 2 - Halimah Marcus

A Good Samaritan and a Giant Meet on the Beach
Jul 17 - Nell Hanley

Possible Disruptions on the Occasion of My High School Graduation
Jun 19 - Jackson Tobin

What it Takes to Win the World’s Loneliest Horse Race
May 14 - Halimah Marcus

Help Us Raise Writer Payments and Double Your Gift
Apr 29 - Halimah Marcus

Do You Want to Be Her or Do You Want to Fuck Her?
Apr 24 - Sarah Gerard

To Dress In Another Woman’s Clothing
Mar 27 - Morgan Thomas

Welcome to Electric Literature’s New Website
Mar 22 - Halimah Marcus

Life Is a Joke and Death Is the Punchline
Jan 30 - Trevor Shikaze

The Girl is Always Eaten At the End
Jan 2 - K. C. Mead-Brewer

To the Island, Once More
Dec 19 - Mark Jacquemain

How Can Good Writing Survive Online?
Dec 13 - Halimah Marcus

Performing Polite Society on the Alaskan Frontier
Nov 7 - Leigh Newman

Last Chance for Early Bird Tickets to the Masquerade!
Sep 28 - Halimah Marcus

City Dwellers Live the Furthest Apart
“Make Believe” by Clare Sestanovich, original fiction recommended by Electric Literature
Sep 12 - Clare Sestanovich

Join us for the second annual Masquerade of the Red Death… if you dare
Sep 4 - Halimah Marcus

A New Short Story by Laura van den Berg about the Survivor’s Guilt of the Suicidal
Aug 15 - Laura van den Berg

Have Your Quarter-Life Crisis at an Owl Sanctuary
Jul 18 - Gabrielle Hovendon

How Many Emails Does It Take To Not Apologize?
May 9 - Lynn Coady

An Urgent Message from Electric Literature
May 1 - Halimah Marcus

‘The Female Persuasion’ Relies on an Outdated Model of Mentorship
Apr 11 - Halimah Marcus

When Fighting Stops Being Fun
Mar 28 - Rachel Lyon

For Women’s History Month, #ReadMoreWomen
Mar 7 - Halimah Marcus

Working 9 to 5 in a Building Beset by a Mystery Disease
Feb 28 - Jim Ruland

Alternate Shakespearean Endings
Feb 16 - Amelia Gray and Miranda Schmidt

Playground Infatuations
Feb 15 - Andrew Bales and Julia Ridley Smith

Loving Like Cats and Dogs
Feb 14 - Lydia Davis and Ali Shapiro

Love Has No Inertia
Feb 13 - Victoria Alejandra Garayalde and Nancy Ryerson

Shit Boyfriends Say
Feb 12 - Kathy Fish and Dorothy Bendel

How to Become a Cat Lady
Jan 10 - RL Maizes

A Professor’s Affair With Her Student
Dec 13 - Michelle Hart

Happy Thanksgiving from Electric Literature!
Nov 23 - Halimah Marcus

Sex Six Days A Week
Nov 15 - Emma Copley Eisenberg

Party Like You’ll Never Die!
Sep 6 - Halimah Marcus

Survive the Dog Days of Summer with Serial Fiction from Joe Meno
Aug 18 - Halimah Marcus

Double Take: Dan Chaon’s ‘Ill Will’ is the Darkest Novel You’ll Read This Year
Jun 20 - Halimah Marcus

The Girl Goes Missing
Jun 19 - Joe Meno

A Story About Survivors Impersonating the Dead
May 24 - Alanna Schubach

A Reader’s Guide to The Leftovers
May 4 - Halimah Marcus

Colossal Is a Good Film but Bad Surrealism
Apr 19 - Halimah Marcus

What Happens in Daycare Stays in Daycare
Apr 19 - Matt Dojny

The Very Best Episodes of Girls Are Perfect Short Stories
Apr 13 - Halimah Marcus

“Spring” by David Gordon
Jan 25 - David Gordon

Electric Literature Is Alive and Well and (Still) Living on Medium
Jan 6 - Halimah Marcus

“Ram” by Swati Pandey
Dec 28 - Swati Pandey

“Youth” by Swati Pandey
Dec 21 - Swati Pandey

Patti Smith Forgets Bob Dylan’s Lyrics at Nobel Ceremony
Dec 12 - Halimah Marcus

“The Solo Show” by David Greenwood
Nov 30 - David Greenwood

Cabin Creek by Madeline ffitch
Nov 2 - Madeline ffitch

Split by Jennifer Haigh
Aug 10 - Jennifer Haigh

We Are Persistence Runners by Jenniey Tallman
Jul 13 - Jenniey Tallman

A Genius for Literary Friendship
Jun 13 - Halimah Marcus

We’re Celebrating Short Story Month with 31 Days of Stories!
May 4 - Halimah Marcus

Fish Have to Live Their Whole Lives Under Water
Apr 20 - Judyth Emanuel

The 200 Episode Club
Mar 19 - J. Robert Lennon, by Rob McCleary, Morgan Parker & Téa Obreht

Retrieval by Téa Obreht
Mar 17 - Tea Obreht

Magical Negro #607: Gladys Knight on the 200th Episode of The Jeffersons
Mar 16 - Morgan Parker

Captain Stubing Has Collapsed by Rob McCleary
Mar 15 - Rob McCleary

And So, We Commence by J. Robert Lennon
Mar 14 - J. Robert Lennon

Everything You Want Right Here
Feb 10 - Delaney Nolan

The Bastard
Jan 27 - Patrick DeWitt

Mack!
Dec 30 - Colin Winnette

Huck Finn Wasn’t Banned from a Philly-Area High School. Here’s What Really Happened.
Dec 16 - Halimah Marcus

We’re Hiring! Recommended Reading Seeks Associate Editor — NYC Area
Dec 10 - Halimah Marcus

Gogarty by Michael Deagler
Oct 14 - Michael Deagler

Watch the Trailer for Upright Beasts by Lincoln Michel
Oct 1 - Halimah Marcus

You’re Home Early
Sep 9 - Vincent Scarpa

A Twilight-Zone Airtightness: An Interview with Miles Klee
Sep 8 - Halimah Marcus

Noah Baumbach’s Mistress America Offers a Portrait of the Artist as a Young Lady
Aug 27 - Halimah Marcus

“I’m Her Frankenstein Monster”: An Interview with Sheila Heti and Sara Lautman
Aug 26 - Halimah Marcus

The Humble Simple Thing
Aug 26 - Sara Lautman & Sheila Heti

What Makes a Trainwreck?
Jul 28 - Halimah Marcus

Neighbors
Jul 15 - Anthony Tognazzini

All Dogs Go to Heaven with a Vengeance
May 13 - Mapes Thorson

A Night at the Museum: PEN Gala Celebrates Charlie Hebdo After Controversy
May 6 - Halimah Marcus

Evidence of Fatherhood
Apr 22 - Jonathan Durbin

The Irresolvable Situation, a conversation with Thomas Pierce, author of Hall of Small Mammals
Apr 3 - Halimah Marcus

Hero Absorbs Major Damage
Mar 25 - Charles Yu

The Long Walk North
Feb 25 - Bill Cotter

Announcing Literary Hub from Grove Atlantic and Electric Literature
Feb 6 - Halimah Marcus

Lebenslügen
Dec 17 - Malerie Willens

Listen Up Philip and the Asshole Author
Nov 13 - Halimah Marcus

Rope
Nov 12 - Joshua Harmon

New Moon
Nov 5 - David Ryan

What Birdman Starring Michael Keaton Says about Short Story Writing
Nov 1 - Halimah Marcus

Night Music
Oct 22 - Joe Fassler

“A Faded Sense” by Dina Nayeri
Sep 10 - Dina Nayeri

A Higher Purpose
Aug 13 - Lauren Wallach

Recovery Period
Jul 16 - Sasha Graybosch

The Answer
Jun 18 - Mary Morris

Our Meat
May 23 - Joe Kowalski

Dear Sir or Madam
Mar 26 - Adam Peterson

Here Lies Gerald
Feb 26 - Robert Travieso

Flower Box
Jan 1 - AJ Aronstein

We Were Down
Dec 25 - Jason Porter

It Doesn’t Have to Be a Big Deal
Dec 4 - Rebecca Schiff

Home Run
Nov 6 - Steven Milhauser

You are the Stepson
Aug 14 - Matt Dojny

“Valentine” by Alexander Yates
Jul 17 - Alexander Yates

Nixon Fiction
Jul 3 - Halimah Marcus

Orange
Jun 19 - Tarah Scalzo

Authors Guild Dinner: Good news for struggling writers
May 30 - Halimah Marcus

Angel Lust
May 22 - Maggie Shipstead

Firewood
Apr 24 - J. Robert Lennon

White Dialogues
Dec 5 - Bennett Sims

Hello Everybody
Sep 12 - AM Homes
