Month: May 2020

Grandmother Is Gone but at Least She’s a Bird Now Marie-Helene Bertino Author of the novel Parakeet (FSG, June 2020) Share article Electric Lit is committed to publishing—and paying writers—through the pandemic without any layoffs or pay cuts. Please consider supporting us during this difficult time. Donate here. . “What Is the Internet?” excerpt from Parakeet by
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Known by many names, Olga Schubert, Olga Perry, Ilene Schubert…..according to Frontman of the California Rebel Psyche Band Revolushn No Mansfield (aka Frank Schubert: musician and mad scientist), and husband of Olga, she is lovingly referred to as “Bundles.” Bundles was a doctor in the Russian Red Army, a classically trained pianist, an artistic painter
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Mason’s Paradox, the highly anticipated animated series created by Jacob Graham is releasing their official poster and initial superstar cast in preparation for their Kickstarter campaign and trailer launch taking place on June 9th, 2020. Mason is just your average teenager dealing with teenage problems. Things like dimensional travel, getting mixed up in intergalactic wars
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In the following essay, the author reflects on the jarring disconnect between a reader’s intimacy with an author on the page and an encounter in real time. Are we, as readers, owed anything by the author, and if so, what? Is reading ever reciprocal? As a veteran bookseller, I’d watched lines form before authors, fans
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An election workers sorts vote-by-mail ballots for the presidential primary at King County Elections in Renton, Washington on March 10, 2020. Jason Redmond | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump‘s favorite social media platform, Twitter, on Tuesday began fact-checking his posts, applying warning labels to two of his tweets that made misleading claims about
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Electric Lit is committed to publishing—and paying writers—through the pandemic without any layoffs or pay cuts. Please consider supporting us during this difficult time. Donate here. . We believe that beauty for women is a source of power and privilege. A kind of currency. But is it truly attainable? What is the flip side of beauty—when
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