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Enjoy Your Characters. They Might Be Famous One Day - Electric Literature Sydney Rende’s “I Could Be Famous” plays with the fantasy vs. reality of modern-day fame

“You can be really famous and still living in your parents’ house these days.” Read Jalen Giovanni Jones’s interview with “I Could Be Famous” author Sydney Rende here: buff.ly/Cp5aXC5

An Open Letter to White People in My MFA Program Dear White People in My MFA Program, Over the last semester, I may have said some inflammatory statements that made you uncomfortable. Inflammatory...

"I may have said some inflammatory statements that made you uncomfortable. Inflammatory statements about race — I know, I know, who talks about race in a creative writing MFA program?" (via @McSweeneys.net)

Keep People Reading in 2026 - Electric Literature Help EL remain a home for human stories in a country increasingly inhospitable to art

The survival of literary magazines like Electric Lit—an independent, nonprofit publication that is completely free to read—is far from guaranteed. Help us meet our fundraising goal so that we can keep people reading!

Me and SLIME LINE author Jake Maynard discussed humor that risks, the line between community and authority, and the significance of bears for The Southern Review 🧸Check it!

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This Epistolary Novel Plumbs the Anxious Depths of a Broken Heart - Electric Literature Alejandro Varela’s “Middle Spoon” is an obsessive exploration of mental health, polyamory, and the desire for our pain to be witnessed

National Book Award finalist and renowned middle child Alejandro Varela tells us about being gay while heartbroken (@drovarela.bsky.social)
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Anyone else feeling newly #hopeful this week? 💡 📖 💕🧠

Brandon Taylor Thinks Surrealists Should Grow Up - Electric Literature The author of “Minor Black Figures” on tennis, the world’s worst adaptation of “Portrait of a Lady,” and one of his signature literary hot takes

Interviewed Brandon Taylor for Electric Literature! 💡 Very fun very fast

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Brandon Taylor Thinks Surrealists Should Grow Up - Electric Literature The author of “Minor Black Figures” on tennis, the world’s worst adaptation of “Portrait of a Lady,” and one of his signature literary hot takes

Jalen Giovanni Jones (@jalengjones.bsky.social) interviews Brandon Taylor ahead of his latest novel, “Minor Black Figures,” where they discuss books with talking animals, the best and worst writing advice, and how more people need to realize when a novel should be a short story.

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My best friend just got a new poem published and it’s glorious :,) read it here! www.blush-lit.com/journal?fbcl...

Halloween costume ideas for your favorite writer trio friend group 🎃 👻 ‼️ Who are you going as?

This insane crossover of my worlds — Claire from UCI and Josh from LSU 🛸

The creator of this meme also writes short stories and shows no signs of stopping soon

Electric Lit as iconic summer albums past and present 💡 ⚡ 🌞 What album covers should we do next? 👀

There's kinda no better feeling tbh 🐬💖🌈

7 Books About Black People Who Pass as White - Electric Literature Kuchenga Shenjé, author of "The Library Thief," recommends stories that delve into race and identity in the U.S. and U.K.

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7 Debut Collections About Knowing a Place Across Generations - Electric Literature These authors capture the power and privilege of staying

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These books know how to treat place as a character known and loved across time. (@riggstah.bsky.net)

7 Books from Around the World to Read for Women in Translation Month - Electric Literature Don’t miss these translations by women authors writing in Arabic, Kannada, Latvian, and more

“A time to recognize the literary translators whose intense, sustained work has led to the publication of these and other brilliant works of literature, which otherwise would remain unknown to a wider, international audience.” (@ilzeduarte.bsky.social)

A Mixed Race Take On What It Means To Be 'Free' Danzy Senna's stories begin with the familiar, but quickly take subtle turns to reveal racial tensions lurking below the surface. As part of Tell Me More's Summer Blend Book Club series, host Michel M...

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7 African Novelists in Conversation With Their Literary Ancestors - Electric Literature These authors pay homage to the African-Atlantic writers who came before them

Books that embrace a literary archive of shared colonial histories, currents of Black Atlantic world-making, and diasporic relations to the continent of Africa.

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If My Mom Was So Angry Around Me, I Must Have Been the Reason - Electric Literature “Queen Bee” by Flavia R. Montiero

“I can only take so many apologies, she often said. Once I give up on a person, there’s no turning back.” (@flaviamonteiro.bsky.social)

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Join us for the launch of the greatly anticipated "Both/And: Essays by Trans and Gender-Nonconforming Writers of Color," featuring editor Denne Michele Norris and contributors Denny Burhan, Edgar Gomez, and Meredith Talusan! ⚡💡

Now on shelves wherever you buy books, Both/And is edited by Electric Lit’s own Denne Michele Norris, and features 17 eclectic essays by trans and gender non-conforming writers of color from all walks of life, sharing stories of joy, heartbreak, rage, and self-discovery.

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The anthology you’ve all been waiting for is almost here! Read Denne Michele Norris's (@thedennemichele.bsky.social) introduction to “Both/And: Essays by Trans and Gender-Nonconforming Writers of Color” — available for preorder now, and hitting shelves August 12th!

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We write to share the tragic news that Electric Literature's former Deputy Editor, Jo Lou, passed away on July 8, 2025. What she meant to our community cannot be measured. To memorialize Jo, we have gathered tributes from EL staff and contributors. Please join us in remembering her buff.ly/ZmOEUDR

We're thrilled to announce our 2025 Tin House Summer Workshop NONFICTION scholars! We're proud to know them, and to be able to celebrate them. We can't wait to read whatever they write next!!! Please give these wonderful folks their flowers! #thsw ⁠🥳🥳🥳

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3 Debut Writers Discuss Frame Narratives and Namelessness in Their First Novels - Electric Literature Cora Lewis, Issa Quincy, and Katie Yee discuss the layers and choices behind their first novels

"Every work of art is the wreck of a perfect idea... I have found when I plot things out too clearly, when I know too much, I lose interest or a desire to continue working. Perhaps this is because the idea is already too perfect and I can see more clearly how I am wrecking it."