Halimah Marcus

1 week ago | electricliterature.com | Halimah Marcus

news Every story a writer tells is one this Administration cannot control Dear Reader, Late Friday night, Electric Literature—along with at least 40 other literary arts organizations— received a notice from the National Endowment for the Arts that our 2025 grant has been terminated. The reason given was that our work does not “reflect the nation’s rich artistic heritage and creativity as prioritized by the President.” This morning, the NEA’s literary arts staff announced their last day would...

2 weeks ago | electricliterature.com | Halimah Marcus

Dear Reader,Electric Literature is leaving Twitter today. Back in 2009, we made our grand entrance serializing a short story by Rick Moody, written in 180-character segments specifically for the platform. We were the first to publish a story to Twitter (three years later, The New Yorker followed suit), and the experiment was covered by the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the LA Times, Entertainment Weekly, and PBS. Moody’s story holds up.

1 month ago | electricliterature.com | Halimah Marcus

news The NEA’s new compliance requirements are anti-trans, so we aren’t applying The NEA’s new compliance requirements are anti-trans.

Nov 14, 2024 | electricliterature.com | Jo Lou |Halimah Marcus

Skip to content news We're raising funds because stories matter and literature has the power to change the world For the 15,000 people who visit our site every day (3.5 million per year), reading Electric Lit costs nothing. For the 1,500 writers who submitted their work to us this year, submission also costs nothing. And yet Electric Lit is not free. If you read Electric Literature, you already know what we are about: supporting writers and making their work as accessible as possible. Our...

Dec 7, 2023 | electricliterature.com | Jo Lou |Halimah Marcus

Dear Reader, Each snow globe in this illustration by Alli Katz depicts one of Electric Literature’s achievements this year. We reached important milestones, launched new projects, and continued to expand the ways that we connect with over 3 million readers and advocate for our writers (536 published so far in 2023). Over the next few weeks, my colleagues and I will be sharing more about each of these achievements, but a brief summary is included below.