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For when you want to escape real life, but not TOO much, we have eight novels that play with ambiguity between truth and fiction.https://electricliterature.com/eight-autofiction-novels-that-blur-the-line-between-memoir-and-fiction/ …

"The novel acts as a warning against xenophobia and a call for radical collaboration." - @Bex_Long on Le Guin's "The Left Hand of Darkness"https://electricliterature.com/left-hand-of-darkness-ursula-le-guin-nationalism/ …

The struggle of living with an alcoholic partner, helped along by a timely read of Mary McCarthy's 1954 novel, "The Group."https://electricliterature.com/breaking-up-alcoholic-book-friendship-mary-mccarthy-group/ …

We like big brains and we cannot lie. You other readers can’t deny. That when a contest comes in about knowledge, don’t refrain—from the words that form in your brain. Let's get sprung!https://wikimediafoundation.org/2019/03/28/announcing-the-heart-of-knowledge-contest-help-us-illustrate-why-knowledge-matters/ …

I guess you could call it a... Fire Festival?https://electricliterature.com/7-books-about-fires/ …

Has the Mueller report coverage provided you with enough harsh reality for the day? We invite you to read our very very very normal interview with Carmen Maria Machado as a reprieve.https://electricliterature.com/carmen-maria-machado-carmilla-lefanu-vampire-interview/ …

Under pressure https://electricliterature.com/i-didnt-manage-to-publish-a-book-by-30-and-thats-okay/ …

"Moolaadé," a Senegalese film about female genital mutilation, examines the power of women to stand together against intense oppression and shame.https://electricliterature.com/only-womens-solidarity-can-end-womens-suffering/ …

In common parlance, "All-American" usually signals an extremely narrow range of people and experiences. It's definitely time to change that.https://electricliterature.com/30-books-by-writers-of-color-redefining-the-term-all-american/ …

Please enjoy this very ordinary interview with @carmenmmachado about her introduction to the new edition of J. Sheridan LeFanu's 19th-century vampire novel, "Carmilla."https://electricliterature.com/carmen-maria-machado-carmilla-lefanu-vampire-interview/ …

Warning: deep-nerd word count obsessing ahead.https://electricliterature.com/infographic-word-counts-of-famous-books/ …

Ow, my heart. https://electricliterature.com/rick-moody-recommends-a-full-service-shelter-by-amy-hempel/ …

"In losing Notre Dame, it feels almost, as if we have lost all that we have graven into its stones in our own hand: all the memories we associate with it... all the stories we love that let the light into its high vaulting interior."https://electricliterature.com/notre-dame-is-never-lost/ …

"In their lives (and creativity) Black women encouraged deep levels of introspection and contemplation needed for me to recognize that there’s really no limit to what we can do."https://electricliterature.com/black-women-novelists-you-should-be-reading/ …

It's Wednesday afternoon and you could probably use a laugh so you don't ruminate on how far away the weekend feels. We got you.https://electricliterature.com/the-funniest-writing-you-havent-read/ …

How much do you know about Filipinx American history? Our list from "America is Not the Heart" author Elaine Castillo is here to help you with that.https://electricliterature.com/7-non-fiction-books-about-filipinx-america-by-pinoy-writers/ …

"It’s very easy to look at the Neo-Nazis in the news now and think that they’re monsters... I’m much more worried about the one that you don’t see on television, the one that’s working next to you in your office who is extremely likable."https://electricliterature.com/in-laila-lalamis-novel-immigrants-are-fully-realized-people-and-so-are-racists/ …