Classic Books Hit the Streets
A public art project in London this summer aims to remind people of the joy that comes with reading books by decorating benches across the city with illustrations from classic…
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All the Poor Young Literary Women
Earlier this year, Emily Gould wrote about the perils of selling her first book, an essay collection, and the importance of getting out of debt before finishing her novel. That novel, Friendship,…
A Library’s Trash
Mark Luce, who teaches literature and history at the Barstow School in Kansas City, has a new column at Electric Literature, reviewing books that he and the school’s librarian have…
Too Many Words is Too Many Words
Watch this gorgeous video about the writing life of modern literary giant Haruki Murakami. Discover how he manages to seep into the minds of so many of his readers, creating…
Is Writing About Writing Really Forbidden?
Over at Electric Literature, Kristopher Jansma wonders why we tell students to avoid writing about writing. Perhaps, he suggests, we tell students not to write about writing because we think…
Frequent Letters
Electric Literature has featured a cool infographic on the usage of letters in the English language. The results? Not all letters are used equally. Check it out here.
How to Open a Book
It can be tricky. Let Electric Literature help you figure out the best way to open a new book. There are several different ways to open your next book. Try,…
When The Writing Gets Tough
Over at Electric Literature, Joseph Rositano contemplates the relationship between writing and mental health. Though he admits that creative writing has been associated with “mental abnormality” for centuries (the number of writers…
This Week in Short Fiction
The Los Angeles Review of Books enlisted Kayla Williams, a veteran sergeant and Arabic linguist, to compile a list of war narratives by women for Memorial Day. Williams, herself an…
“A Bitter Cup of Tea” Worth Drinking
Electric Literature has a new review up for Rumpus columnist Jerry Stahl‘s latest book, Happy Mutant Baby Pills: Jerry Stahl’s Happy Mutant Baby Pills is a hurricane of comedic and satirical horrors involving drug…
Peter Orner at Recommended Reading
She’d been ready to do her part for the war effort. Out of appreciation and gratitude and patriotism. All those hours on that terrible ship. Now what Seymour wanted was…
The Rumpus Interview with Halimah Marcus and Benjamin Samuel
Halimah Marcus and Benjamin Samuel, the co-editors of Recommended Reading, discuss the ins and outs of editing an ambitious literary project.