8  Literary Friendships Told Through Letters

In 1995, I left the Elliott Bay Book Company in Seattle to teach English in Vietnam. Around that time, my friend and fellow bookseller Janet Brown traveled to Thailand to teach as well. There was no email then, and overseas phone calls were a luxury. So we wrote to one another, meditating on the countries […] The post 8  Literary Friendships Told Through Letters appeared first on Electric Literature. Continue reading at 'Electric Literature'

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A Scientist Tries to Understand Her Family Problems Through Mice

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Fall Regionals 2020: The Virtual Edition

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Barbara Marcus to headline Bookseller Children’s Conference

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Numerous Poetic Facts About Swine

Pigs They are born in a flood of magma. They claw their way to the center of the earth. They don’t know what a blouse is, and they don’t care. There are seventeen constellations named for their kin. They coordinate all the Monday briefings. When they read the wrong books, they return them to... Continue reading at Electric Literature

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“Breasts and Eggs” Grapples with the Weird Mess of Women’s Bodies

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10 Short Stories About Women’s Transformations

The Little Mermaid sacrifices her tail for a human soul. The Navajo Changing Woman grows old and is reborn with the seasons. The nymph Daphne becomes a tree to escape lovesick Apollo. Women transform because we are hungry. We transform because we’re restless, and because we’re dangerous. Women... Continue reading at Electric Literature

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Al Sharpton to Open Fall Regional Trade Show Season

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9 New Translated Books by Women

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A Novel About Rebelling Against Toxic Positivity

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