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Katie Robinson

Boston

Senior Editor at Electric Literature

Articles

  • Apr 2, 2024 | electricliterature.com | Jo Lou |Katie Robinson

    news There can only be one saddest of them all We have a winner! There were many strong contenders, but there was one book that cleared every round with a trail of broken hearts and rose to the top on a tidal wave of tears. But before we reveal the winner, here is some behind-the-scenes commentary on the competition: While we’re really impressed with how the March Sadness bracket turned out, we can’t say it matched our expectations. The EL staff filled out our own brackets, and we failed...

  • Oct 17, 2023 | electricliterature.com | Jo Lou |Katie Robinson

    If you live in New York, you may have spotted The Nonbinarian Book Bike. It’s hard to miss—a bicycle carrying a big, bright pink box full of free LGBTQIA+ books for all ages and languages directly to the community. The initiative was founded by K. Kerimian, and is new on the scene; it’s only been operating in Brooklyn for a few months now. K.

  • Sep 28, 2023 | electricliterature.com | Jo Lou |Katie Robinson

    Here at Electric Lit, we’re suckers for a good bookshelf. Any kind of bookshelf! Alphabetized shelves, color-coded shelves, shelves that were once organized but have since devolved into a chaotic pile with no rhyme or reason to where anything is placed. Even book stacks can be shelves if you’re determined enough. There’s no wrong way to organize your books (except bookshelves with the spine facing in. That one’s objectively wrong).