Little Cousins Make Bad Third Wheels Akwaeke Emezi 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. . An excerpt from The Death of Vivek Ojiby Akwaeke Emezi Osita Vivek
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Series editor’s note: What happens in the aftermath of a long, ravaging war? What happens to folks whose country is always at war with them? These are the poignant questions Jehan L. Roberson asks in her poem “Notes from the Field,” painting a rather grim picture of bodies singing and rotting in the streets. But
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A nurse wears personal protective equipment (PPE) as she cares for a coronavirus COVID-19 patient in the intensive care unit (I.C.U.) at Regional Medical Center on May 21, 2020 in San Jose, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images It’s been almost eight months since Chinese scientists first identified the coronavirus and doctors are still discovering
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After jockeying release dates imposed by the uncertainty of the coronavirus evolution, Tenet time is finally here. Christopher Nolan’s mind-bending Tenet will be released by Warner Bros overseas beginning Wednesday in such markets as the UK, Korea, France, Germany, Australia, Italy and Spain. In total through Friday, there will be 40 markets playing what has
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U.S. first lady Melania Trump delivers her live address to the largely virtual 2020 Republican National Convention from the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, U.S., August 25, 2020. Kevin Lemarque | Reuters WASHINGTON — The second night of the virtual Republican National Convention was focused squarely on energizing President Donald Trump‘s most
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U.S. government debt prices were lower on Wednesday morning as market participants awaited a speech from Jerome Powell.  At around 3:00 a.m ET, the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note rose to 0.7177%, whereas the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond jumped to 1.4238%. Yields move inversely to prices. The main focus is a speech due Thursday by Federal
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