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4 weeks ago | 
electricliterature.com | Alissa Hattman |Jo Lou |Miranda Schmidt
Reading Lists In these stories, humans embrace the wild and become something more In the old tales, humans come together with animals and plants, mountains and rivers, rain and sky. The wood nymph, Daphne, turns into a laurel tree to escape the pursuit of a god. Seal women slough off their selkie skins to live on land for a time. Some traditions even tell of the first humans being made from trees. Folklore has a way of muddling binaries. In the traditional stories of selkies, mermaids,...
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1 month ago | 
electricliterature.com | Jo Lou |Melissa Chan
The rise of authoritarianism is a global problem, with political rights and civil liberties declining across countries for the 18th consecutive year, according to Freedom House. Democracy is hanging on by a thread. Fifty-two countries saw setbacks, and the majority of the world’s population now live in what the organization considers “partly free” or “not free” states.
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1 month ago | 
electricliterature.com | Jo Lou |Ally Ang
“Where do we go to find the myths that make us?” asks Patrycja Humienik in her debut poetry collection, We Contain Landscapes. This question, explored in Humienik’s crystalline voice that wields imagery with sensuality and aching precision, takes her readers to the mouth of a river, to letters exchanged with immigrant daughters, and to the gaps in memory that migration leaves behind. The speaker of We Contain Landscapes is “unbearably present.
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1 month ago | 
electricliterature.com | Jo Lou |Katie Burgess
Dear Writer,We regret that your story does not meet our current needs—much as we apparently do not meet Mandy’s current needs. We wish you luck placing this piece elsewhere. We also wish Mandy would give us one more chance. We suppose we don’t always get everything we wish for. Sincerely,The EditorsDear Writer,Thank you for sending us your poetry. Please know we have fully considered your work. We have also fully considered all our old text conversations with Mandy.
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1 month ago | 
electricliterature.com | Jo Lou |Sari Fordham
Reading Lists Steps for a sustainable path forward “System Change, Not Climate Change,” we chant during environmental marches.
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1 month ago | 
electricliterature.com | Jo Lou |Ben Davies
Writing retreats offer the opportunity for writers to fully immerse themselves in their craft, free from the distractions of daily life. These getaways combine inspiring locations, structured time, and a like-minded community to reignite creativity and boost productivity. Whether you’re seeking solitude to finish a manuscript or a collaborative environment to workshop ideas, a retreat can serve as the perfect catalyst.
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1 month ago | 
electricliterature.com | Jo Lou
Emily St. James’s debut novel Woodworking chronicles the developing friendship between a 16-year-old trans girl and her recently-out-to-herself English teacher in Mitchell, South Dakota in the months leading up to the 2016 election. In a town like Mitchell, secrets are few and far between, making Abigail’s transness and Erica’s recent divorce fodder for gossip and inquiry.
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1 month ago | 
electricliterature.com | Jo Lou |Bareerah Ghani
Skip to content interviews "One Day Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This" explodes the myth of the West’s moral superiority Omar El Akkad’s nonfiction debut, One Day Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This, is a timely account of a severance from the West and its systems that have long betrayed espoused values. “The dead dig wells in the living,” El Akkad writes at the end of the prologue, foreshadowing the narrative to come—of contending with the harrowing reality where the...
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1 month ago | 
electricliterature.com | Jo Lou
There’s no season better well-suited to curl up with a book than winter. Whether you’re seeking a Tuscan adventure or a book with a hot monster, these new titles—recommended by indie booksellers from across the country—span genres and styles, offering something for everyone.
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1 month ago | 
electricliterature.com | Jo Lou
Electric Literature is pleased to reveal the covers of Algarabía by Roque Raquel Salas Rivera, which will be published by Graywolf Press on September 02, 2025. Pre-order your copy here. Algarabía is an epic poem that follows the journey of Cenex, a trans being who retrospectively narrates his life while navigating the stories told on his behalf. An inhabitant of Algarabía, a colony of Earth in a parallel universe, Cenex struggles to find a name, a body, and a stable home.
