Electric Literature





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Electric Literature is a bimonthly anthology of short stories created by writers tired of hearing about how literary fiction is doomed. We often hear that no one reads anymore, and yet everywhere we look we see people reading—whether it be books, blogs, twitters, or text messages. Before we write the epitaph for the literary age, we thought, let’s try it this way first: select stories with a strong voice that capture our readers and lead them somewhere exciting, unexpected, and meaningful. Publish everywhere, every way: paperbacks, Kindles, iPhones, and eBooks. Make it inexpensive and easy to obtain. Pay writers. Be entertaining without sacrificing depth. Create the thing we wished existed.


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People will say that MFAs are bullshit. You don’t become a good writer by going straight from college to graduate school, by sitting around tables and talking about books. People say that MFAs teach us the “correct” way to write: how words are supposed to sound, what details we’re supposed to use, the proper shape of a plot, the way an ending’s supposed to feel. People say that MFAs produce wri...

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Published on May 17, 2013 10:50
Average rating: 3.93 · 310 ratings · 83 reviews · 6 distinct works · Similar authors
Electric Literature no. 1 (...
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4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions
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3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions
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4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions
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3.57 of 5 stars 3.57 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions
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3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions
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3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions
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