Halimah Marcus
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Editor-in-chief, Recommended Reading; Executive director, @electriclit; editor of HORSE GIRLS, available now from @harperperennial
Brooklyn, NY
Joined January 2012
You have until 12:30 ET on Tuesday March 26 to vote on round 1. That's one more hour folks!
Okay, folks. This year, we have a new bracket for you: March SADness! Are you ready to vote for the most devastating of devastating novels? Vote in round 1 below, let’s go! 👇
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We’re live at the Oscars (of the Book World)! By that we mean the 74th National Book Awards, hosted by LeVar Burton. For the next 4 hours, we’ll be announcing the winners and bringing you highlights of the night. #NBAwards
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Do you live in Florida? If so, you can get books banned in the Sunshine State for free—send this to everyone you know! ⬇️
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We’re proud to announce that we’re partnering with Banned Books USA, an initiative that supports the freedom to read, founded by Paul English (@englishpaulm) and Joyce Linehan. Read more about the project here!
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BannedBooksUSA will offer books based on lists compiled by @PENamerica, @ElectricLit, and the @ALALibrary, tracking book removals in school districts across Florida.
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"It is not hyperbole to say that I feel like books saved my life," says English's partner at Bookshop.org.
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Electric Lit is proud to partner with Banned Books USA, an initiative that supports the freedom to read. In honor of the project launching in Florida, the EL staff has selected some of the great many banned books that are meaningful to us.
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I am so excited to welcome @DeeshaPhilyaw to @ElectricLit's board of directors. How lucky are we?!
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The acclaimed author’s commitment to ending gatekeeping electrifies our mission to make literature more exciting, relevant, and inclusive
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Update: Prose submissions are now closed! Poetry and graphic narrative are still open. If you missed the prose window but have a piece you want to submit, consider a membership! EL members can submit year-round, with a guaranteed 3-month response time.
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Membership As an independent nonprofit, Electric Literature relies on the regular support of our members to make literature more exciting, relevant, and inclusive. Every year we help launch the...
The Commuter is OPEN for submissions! Prose and poetry categories will be capped at 375 submissions each, so be sure to get your submissions in sooner rather than later (no cap for graphic narratives). We look forward to reading your work! https://t.co/xSliYusDM2
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New Ann Beattie alert! Read “Nearby” from ONLOOKERS, in which a well-off woman with a love of literature and no teaching experience is called to substitute for a college writing class, recommended by Halimah Marcus (@halimahmarcus) for Electric Lit.
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"Nearby" from ONLOOKERS by Ann Beattie, recommended by Halimah Marcus for Electric Literature
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Attn: flash fiction writers. This is a great opportunity!
Teaching for @tin_house this summer as a part of their Craft Intensives Online series. Join me and write/play a little and lean into the question: What can any writer learn from flash fiction, sudden fiction, or micro-fiction? One scholarship available. https://t.co/7teIPtjNlb
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The way that this week’s @ElectricLit commuter piece is by mfing Mat Johnson, I mean dayum
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Get those subs ready! The Commuter is opening for submissions on July 17. Poetry and prose categories will be capped at 375 submissions each, so don't wait to submit! More info here: https://t.co/xSliYusDM2
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So exciting to see Commuter stories by Elaine Crauder, @g_liew, and @aureleos on the @Wigleaf Top 50, plus one by RL Maizes on the longlist!! Congrats to all! 🎉🎉💙💙 Read these fantastic stories in the thread below 👇
new new: The Wigleaf Top 50 Very Short Fictions of 2023 (Guest Editor: Venita Blackburn):
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Help Electric Lit establish a home for artful and urgent nonfiction! We need to raise $10k this month to establish and expand our new creative nonfiction program. We're already halfway to our goal. Can you donate today and help us get all the way there? https://t.co/H8CHU31BiW
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Wow, you all really showed up for this submissions window! We’ve already hit our cap, and subs are now closed. We’re thrilled to see so much excitement for CNF at EL! If you missed the window, consider becoming a member! Members can submit year-round. https://t.co/iRfI4WqafE
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Membership As an independent nonprofit, Electric Literature relies on the regular support of our members to make literature more exciting, relevant, and inclusive. Every year we help launch the...
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Reminder that we open for our first ever creative nonfiction submission window on 6/1! Get those subs ready! More here: https://t.co/xSliYus5Wu
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In more Best American news, we’re so excited to announce that Ladee Hubbard’s “Flip Lady” and @leighnew ’s “Valley of the Moon” have been selected for this year’s Best American Mystery & Suspense! Congratulations to both!! Read these awesome stories in Recommended Reading 👇
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This week! Free! Online! Everything is on fire and it feels hopeless, but we're rallying with @ElectricLit @theoffingmag @onestorymag @zyzzyvamag to figure out what we can all do next. These obituaries aren't ours! LIVE MÁS! Long live literary magazines! https://t.co/Oz7V6OdOkK
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Have been obsessed with this sharp, timely piece from day one-- SO excited to see it out in the world! Jade Jones isn't currently on Twitter, but y'all need to be reading her work ASAP, and you can start here 👇 Thank you to our brilliant editor @HalimahMarcus !
In this week’s Recommended Reading, featuring “Live Today Always” by Jade Jones, a PR firm’s only Black employee considers what she’s willing to put up with when tasked with writing an apology for a white influencer who said the n-word.
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