1+ hour, 52+ min ago  (934+ words) Being a student of Monica Ferrell's was a singularly influential time in my life. Immediately upon meeting her, I wanted to be like her: to enter a room with the same serious allure, the same unassuming self-possession. And when I…...

18+ hour, 5+ min ago  (195+ words) Lovers of interiority, may I humbly present to you the work of Jess Gibson?" Devouring and being devoured. .. consuming and being consumed. .. one of the pleasures of Gibson's work is its suggestion that observation fundamentally changes the nature of that…...

6+ day, 1+ hour ago  (439+ words) Electric Literature is pleased to reveal the cover of The Volcano Keeper by Bradley Sides, which will be published on October 20th, 2026 by Regal House Publishing. You can pre-order your copy here. When a volcano suddenly emerges in the middle of…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (904+ words) Over Zoom in January, Han and I discussed her folkloric inspirations, learning about the legacy of comfort women, and the subversive possibilities of magical realism." Morgan Ome: I was really moved by the letter of introduction you include in the…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (116+ words) The story was a blueprint to struggle with the monsters of everyday life. With the finale, the Duffers" coming-of-age narrative becomes about manufacturing absorption into an idea of adulthood. We need more people who are not done imagining better worlds…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (166+ words) April 26 is Independent Bookstore Day, and to celebrate, Electric Lit is once again sharing a round-up of some of our favorite independent bookstores, including a few that are new to the literary landscape. In a time when it seems as…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (1096+ words) Eisenberg's newest story collection, Fat Swim, carries forth this ethos across 10 luminous, visceral stories. Within its pages, the body acts as a setting where desire, hunger, and loss can transform." I was honored to get to speak with Eisenberg about…...

2+ week, 1+ hour ago  (91+ words) Abbie Kiefer is the author of Certain Shelter (June Road Press, 2024). Her poems have appeared in The Atlantic, The Common, Copper Nickel, Pleiades, Ploughshares, The Southern Review, and other places. She is a poetry editor for The Adroit Journal. Find…...

3+ week, 1+ hour ago  (480+ words) I sat down with Khong to talk about absurdity as a lens, identity and belonging, and the complicated, often contradictory ways we connect with one another. Greg Mania: One thing I love about My Dear You is how the stories…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (1077+ words) Years pass of course. Students come and go, the so-called real world imposes its directives and preferences, and somewhere along the way too often a tacit agreement is entered, understandably so perhaps, an acquiesce, a surrender where essentially the same…...