Month: July 2021

Self-healing circuit continues to carry current even when twisted. Photo by Alex Parrish for Virginia Tech A new type of self-healing liquid metal composite could be used to make soft, recyclable, electronic circuits. These composites do not break even when punctured and can be repeatedly stretched without losing their electrical conductivity. Most electronic circuits are
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There Is No Test Prep for Sibling Rivalry Weike Wang Share article If you enjoy reading Electric Literature, join our mailing list! We’ll send you the best of EL each week, and you’ll be the first to know about upcoming submissions periods and virtual events. “Useful Sister” by Weike Wang Our youngest sister’s name unnerves
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U.S. Speaker of the House Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks during a weekly news conference at the U.S. Capitol July 1, 2021 in Washington, D.C. Alex Wong | Getty Images House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., on Wednesday rejected two Republican picks to join the select committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol invasion by a
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A left-behind daughter of the Philippines reflects on her mother’s honorable sacrifice: leaving her family behind to support them while working abroad. Your finger dabbed my cheek to lift a fallen eyelash. “Humiling ka,” you said. Make a wish. I wanted to wish you would not leave us. I wanted to hear your luggage unzip,
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The first-place winning design in the 2021 Neustadt Lit Fest poster design project by Sydney Sleeper University of Oklahoma students Sydney Sleeper, Andie Trillo and Jamie McCarley have been awarded first, second and third place, respectively, in the annual Neustadt Lit Fest poster design project. The students participated in the competition as part of an
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Mural in Cartagena / Photo by Kirk Siang / Flickr In Colombia, the popularity of Gabriel García Márquez rivals that of the country’s most famous soccer players. Could one imagine a better tribute to the value of literature itself? I learned something pretty important, I’d say, about Gabriel García Márquez when I was in Colombia
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If you enjoy reading Electric Literature, join our mailing list! We’ll send you the best of EL each week, and you’ll be the first to know about upcoming submissions periods and virtual events. My parents’ basement is a home to many things, including (but not limited to) a slightly deflated exercise ball, a copy of
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