Ashley Leone interviews Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, author of “Chain Gang All-Stars,” on writing across disciplines and releasing his debut album, “The Pisces Sciatica.”

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Greg Mania interviews Rachel Khong about her new short story collection, "My Dear You." They explore how absurdity exposes the contradictions and cruelties built into our world.

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Quick, Playful Writing Exercises for When You’re Feeling Stuck - Electric Literature These unintimidating experiments will reinvigorate your writing when you need a breakthrough

Ramona Ausubel provides simple, playful prompts to help you break through creative blocks.

Carole Maso interviews Nora Lange about her new story collection, "Day Care." They discuss motherhood, animal dynamics, death, and more.

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Laurie Lethem takes us inside the immigration court, where the cruelty of ICE is on full-display.

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🚨 Cover Reveal 🚨 “Blow Yourself Up” by Ankur Thakkar is coming from @nupress on September 15, 2026. Read more about the book and how it’s cover came to be:

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8 Books About Characters Seeking Community and Connection - Electric Literature These authors illustrate the complexity of finding our place in the world

These eight books map the uneasy search for belonging.

An ambitious young man makes the hairiest girl in North America an offer she can’t refuse.

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7 Innovative Collections From Poets Without MFAs - Electric Literature With no institution advising these writers where to go, they go everywhere

These contemporary poets are producing exciting work without MFAs.

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A Visit to Our Meanest Relative Can Only End in Tears - Electric Literature “Nuts” by Katie Schorr, recommended by Halimah Marcus for Electric Literature

Started morning off reading "Nuts" by Katie Schorr @electricliterature.com. Nothing like being metaphorically stabbed in the heart. Great intro by Editor Halimah Marcus. "Sadie is the default peacekeeper, hyper-aware of everyone’s comfort level except her own."
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A mom and her kids visit the notoriously outspoken great aunt the rest of their relatives have ostracized, in “Nuts” by Katie Schorr, recommended by Halimah Marcus.

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8 Revolutionary Novels and Stories by Arab Women - Electric Literature These books in translation feature women transforming their lives and societies

These eight books in translation spotlight Arab women reshaping their lives—and the worlds around them.

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Summer Stewart interviews Alfredo Félix-Díaz about their new book, "Parted Gods." They talk about working across disciplines, the novel's relationship to myth, how music and art influence narrative voice, and more.

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15 Must-Read Small Press Books of Spring 2026 - Electric Literature Celebrate the warmer weather with these hot new indie titles

Step into spring with the season’s 15 most exciting indie titles.

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9 Little Odysseys That Don’t Go Very Far, and That’s the Whole Point - Electric Literature These small, interior journeys are rich in friction, intimacy, and insight

These nine books take you on small, interior journeys: "across a parlor, through a single unruly sentence, back into a childhood bedroom."

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Thrilled that my flash story "The Person Who Lives Here Doesn't Live Here Anymore" is now up on Electric Lit!

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Please read this remarkable story.

The Commuter is like a magical cat that delivers its night’s kills to me every morning. Sometimes pretty but dead bunnies. Sometimes snakes, still alive. Sometimes alien beasts that are impossible to classify.

This time it’s a cat friend. A haunted night cat.

"...now I’m on my way to help a man break into my own home."

Read the rest of @bendaggerswrites.bsky.social 's remarkable little flash at Electric Lit.

An encounter with a man in a white van shatters a young girl’s innocence. Read Angela Pelster's personal essay, "Metamorphosis," an excerpt from her new essay collection.

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A story about a curious locksmith who helps the burglar robbing him, by Ben Daggers.

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7 Novels About Sibling Rivalries - Electric Literature These characters look to their sisters and brothers with envy and uncertainty, seeking clues as to who they should be

"When we’re children, we’re thrust into a familial world whose history is opaque to us, and we have to figure out how to live in it."

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Muriel Leung interviews Soham Patel about their new book, "The Daughter Industry." They talk about genre, gender bending, and more!

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Greg Mania interviews Lindy West about her new book, "Adult Braces." West's memoir explores life after literary success and follows her on a cross-country road trip to start over.

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A Goat Farmer Is Only as Vulnerable as Her Goats - Electric Literature An excerpt from SURRENDER by Jennifer Acker, recommended by Ben Shattuck

A woman carefully arranges her dream life as a goat farmer, to watch it almost immediately begin to fall apart, in this excerpt from “Surrender” by Jennifer Acker, recommended by Ben Shattuck. (Delphinium Books)