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7 Novels Inspired by the Bible
These biblical reinventions explore themes of love, family, gender, and race
Mar 29 2024 - Jeanne McWilliams Blasberg
Téa Obreht on the Serbian Folktales that Inspired Her Dystopian Novel
The author of "The Morningside" discusses the immigrant experiences that influenced her vision of climate calamity
Mar 22 2024 - Irene Katz Connelly
7 Inspiring Books About Women in Sports Who Defied Expectations
Aime Alley Card, author of "The Tigerbelles," recommends stories that will make you laugh, cry, and make you believe that overcoming the odds is possible
Feb 2 2024 - Aime Alley Card
The 10 Most Popular Books Purchased by Electric Literature Readers
We're revealing our all-time Bookshop.org bestsellers
Jan 30 2024 - Eliza Browning
Electric Lit’s Best Short Story Collections of 2023
Collections by Alexandra Chang, Kelly Link, Yiyun Li, and Jamel Brinkley are among the year’s finest books of short fiction
Nov 30 2023 - Electric Literature
This Android Hopes You’ll Swipe Right
A poetry debut by Kid Kassidy
Nov 8 2023 - Kid Kassidy
Complicating the Narrative of Mental Illness Using the Monsters from Asian Mythology
Jami Nakamura Lin sees her life through the prism of folklore in the illustrated memoir "The Night Parade"
Nov 7 2023 - Nicole Zhao
16 New Books by Indigenous Authors You Should Be Reading
We're celebrating literature that showcases the rich diversity of the Native experience
Oct 9 2023 - Eliza Browning
9 Spooky Literary Short Story Collections
Haunting books best enjoyed on a stormy evening, when the shadows are just starting to stretch and the leaves are crackling outside