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A Long-Lost Mother's Embrace Is an Obliterative Fate
14+ hour, 4+ min ago (130+ words) " Preety Sidhu Associate Editor, Recommended Reading This content is password-protected. To view it, please enter the password below. Marlena Williams is a writer and lawyer from Portland, Oregon. She is the author if the essay collection Night Mother: A Personal…...
A Meaningful Chapter in a Continuing Story
1+ week, 4+ day ago (323+ words) " Wynter K. Miller, Director of Operations & Fiction Editor, Electric Literature " Denne Michele Norris, Executive Director & Publisher, Electric Literature " Kelly Luce, Editor of The Commuter, Electric Literature " Preety Sidhu, Associate Editor, Electric Literature" " Willem Marx, Associate Editor, Electric Literature " Benjamin Samuel, former…...
This Novel's Shifting Perspectives Examine Foster Care from All Sides
3+ week, 1+ day ago (700+ words) I was eager to speak with Rachel about the many perspectives, vibrant characters, and not-so-miserable city at the heart of the novel. I was terribly grateful she met me at Pig Mind Brewing (which I can confirm is incredible) to…...
We Were Too Young to Understand What Happened With the Man in the White Van
2+ mon, 23+ hour ago (822+ words) I learned about metamorphosis in school last year, and it makes my stomach and fingers and feet and head fill with happiness to think about it. The magic of it. Right there in this pond. Like some witch is waving…...
What Was Lost When My Daughter Gained Sound
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (1896+ words) We need to raise $35, 000 by April 15 to keep the lights on, and time is running out. Help us reach the next milestone$7, 500 by Fridayby donating now. "Fairy tales since the beginning of recorded time, and perhaps earlier, have been a…...
My Wife Pays Me and I Pay the Nanny
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (196+ words) In "Feeders," a standout story from the collection, a father struggles to fire his daughter's nanny. The father is white. The nanny is Black. He is rich, having married into money. She is not. Still, he feels a "strange kind…...