Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Removed from School Curriculum
Friends’ Central School in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania has just pulled Mark Twain’s classic Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from its 11th-grade American Literature curriculum. A group of students reported...
View ArticleSomewhere on the Path Towards Self-Awareness: An Interview with Jen Beagin
“Hole” (excerpted from Jen Beagin’s Pretend I’m Dead) is featured in Electric Literature’s Recommended Reading with an introduction from Emily Gould. Pretend I’m Dead is available from TriQuarterly...
View ArticleCoffee House Press to Publish Work from Writers of Color on Coffee Sleeves
There is perhaps no greater pairing than a good book and a warm drink, and Coffee House Press knows it. In their forthcoming Coffee Sleeve Conversations project, the indie publisher plans to print and...
View ArticleBorges and Nabokov Almost Won the 1965 Nobel Prize
After fifty years, the Swedish Academy has just released the list of writers considered for the 1965 Nobel Prize in Literature. The list of contenders includes some top-tier names, including W.H....
View ArticlePetition Created to Name New Periodic Table Element After Terry Pratchett’s...
After ringing in the New Year by adding four new elements to the periodic table, the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) faces a petition to name one of its newly minted building...
View ArticlePhilip Pullman Resigns from Oxford Literary Festival Over Lack of Author Payment
Philip Pullman, author of the widely loved His Dark Materials series, announced this week that he will be resigning as patron of the Oxford Literary Festival, due to the Festival’s practice of not...
View ArticleTruth is Shockingly Hard to Pin Down: An Interview with Amy Gustine
“When We’re Innocent” is featured in Electric Literature’s Recommended Reading with an introduction from Kristen Miller. Amy Gustine’s new collection, You Should Pity Us Instead will be available from...
View ArticleJ.K. Rowling to Receive Literary Service Award from PEN
PEN America announced that this year’s PEN/Allen Foundation Literary Service Award will go to Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling for her efforts to fight inequality and censorship. In addition to noting...
View ArticleRobert Bolaño’s Epic 2666 Is Now a Five-Hour Play
In a surprising move, Chilean author Robert Bolaño’s mind-bending masterpiece 2666 has been adapted for the stage and will be premiering in Chicago at the Goodman Theater this February. If that’s not...
View ArticleWe Do Adjust Our Reality for Other People: An Interview with Mona Awad
“If That’s All There Is” is featured in Electric Literature’s Recommended Reading with an introduction from Laura Van Den Berg. Mona Awad’s debut collection, 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl, will be...
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