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How To Name Your Big Important Novel

Everybody knows you don’t judge a book by its cover, you judge it by its title. Nadxieli Nieto and I have made the following infographic to help you name your Big Important Literary Novel.

About The Author

Lincoln Michel

Online Editor, Electric Literature

Lincoln Michel’s work appears in Tin House, NOON, BOMB, The Believer, Unstuck, and elsewhere. He is the Online Editor of Electric Literature and the Coeditor of Gigantic. His debut collection, Upright Beasts, is forthcoming from Coffee House Press. He tweets @thelincoln.

Originally published at electricliterature.com.

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About the Author

Lincoln Michel

Lincoln Michel is the former editor-in-chief of Electric Literature and a founding editor of Gigantic. He is the co-editor of Gigantic Worlds and Tiny Crimes and the author of Upright Beasts. He teaches fiction writing at Sarah Lawrence College.

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