This whirlwind adventure begins with protagonist Qamar’s birth and follows her life along the titular wondrous journeys around the Mediterranean. Less novel than novella, Sonia Nimr’s Wondrous Journeys in Strange Lands (Interlink Books, 2020), first published in Arabic in 2013, sees its heroine become a slave, a pirate, a bookseller, and more, but like Qamar,
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How Not to Babysit a Crocodile Electric Lit relies on contributions from our readers to help make literature more exciting, relevant, and inclusive. Please support our work by becoming a member today, or making a one-time donation here. . Crocodiles in the Pool I have to explain that Colette was the kind of girl to
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Electric Lit relies on contributions from our readers to help make literature more exciting, relevant, and inclusive. Please support our work by becoming a member today, or making a one-time donation here. . To imagine an island is to picture water; the land not defined unto itself, but in relation to what surrounds it. It’s
Electric Lit relies on contributions from our readers to help make literature more exciting, relevant, and inclusive. Please support our work by becoming a member today, or making a one-time donation here. . At the heart of all sports dramas is a tacitly accepted proposition: in the game lies the key to self-improvement. The lessons
Lilliam Rivera is an award-winning author of children’s books who currently resides in Los Angeles, California. Rivera’s work has appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and elsewhere. Rivera’s latest novel, Never Look Back (Bloomsbury, 2020), retells the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, set in New York and influenced by
Lilliam Rivera is an award-winning author of children’s books who currently resides in Los Angeles, California. Rivera’s work has appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and elsewhere. Rivera’s latest novel, Never Look Back (Bloomsbury, 2020), retells the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, set in New York and influenced by
A Quarantine Hobby to Stress Out Your Marriage SJ Sindu Share article Electric Lit relies on contributions from our readers to help make literature more exciting, relevant, and inclusive. Please support our work by becoming a member today, or making a one-time donation here. . “Wild Ale” by SJ Sindu My wife Adria and I
Electric Lit relies on contributions from our readers to help make literature more exciting, relevant, and inclusive. Please support our work by becoming a member today, or making a one-time donation here. . In Fariha Róisín’s debut novel Like a Bird, protagonist Taylia Chatterjee lives a privileged life on Manhattan’s Upper West Side with her
“A powerful, well-written story of love, hate, friendship, ambition, and so much more, delivered with characters you won’t soon forget.” (Sublime Book Review) It is the end of the 18th century on a mountain range in Bohemia. Lost souls who search desperately for love, family, and acceptance will go to the extreme lengths of
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Photo: Quarantine portrait. Tulsa, Oklahoma. March 22, 2020, by Joseph Rushmore. This photograph accompanied the publication of Rilla Askew’s “Cataclysm” in the Summer 2020 issue of World Literature Today. The editors of World Literature Today are delighted to announce our annual shortlist of Pushcart nominations for 2020. The Pushcart Prize anthology gathers the best poetry, short fiction,
Electric Lit relies on contributions from our readers to help make literature more exciting, relevant, and inclusive. Please support our work by becoming a member today, or making a one-time donation here. . This hasn’t been an easy year for sustained, careful reading. But you know what doesn’t take any attention at all? Judging a
Electric Lit relies on contributions from our readers to help make literature more exciting, relevant, and inclusive. Please support our work by becoming a member today, or making a one-time donation here. . This year has been a dumpster fire and we mean that literally. But the shining bright spot in the literary world is
Electric Lit relies on contributions from our readers to help make literature more exciting, relevant, and inclusive. Please support our work by becoming a member today, or making a one-time donation here. . The most visited article in Wikipedia’s vast domain is the one called “United States,” but with just thirteen subsections it is far