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Electric Literature’s 2023 Spring Salon Series is presented by Mount Saint Mary’s University<\/a> and supported in part by the New York State Council on the Arts.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Electric Literature’s virtual salons demystify the craft of writing and look behind the curtain of the publishing process. All events in our Spring 2023 series are pay-what-you-want, and proceeds support Electric Literature’s mission to make literature more exciting, relevant, and inclusive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Online registrations include unlimited replays that can be watched at anytime, for those who cannot attend the live broadcast. Below is a detailed list of our spring salons, which will be broadcast via Crowdcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Calling All Essayists: Announcing EL’s New Creative Nonfiction Program<\/strong>
Tuesday, May 16, 2023 at 3pm ET \/\/ Noon PT

Electric Lit has long been known as a publisher of essays that blend personal narrative with analysis and critique. Books, television, film\u2014even music and visual art\u2014often find themselves discussed in our digital pages. But in a creative climate rife with the closure of prominent literary magazines, Electric Literature wants to do more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Essayists have been recently impacted by the shuttering of publishers like Catapult<\/em>, Astra Magazine<\/em>, Bookforum<\/em>, and Bitch Magazine<\/em>. Electric Literature wants to fill that void. This summer we will open submissions for general nonfiction. Though we will continue to publish work that engages with culture and media, EL will now be a home for the most urgent, honest, and artful nonfiction we can get our hands on.      <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tune in to this free salon to hear EL\u2019s essay editors, editor-in-chief Denne Michele Norris<\/strong>, associate editor Wynter Miller<\/strong>, and contributing editor Michelle Chikaonda<\/strong> in conversation to learn more about our new submission guidelines, and the kinds of essays that will take our breath away. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Literary Magazines Are Dead, Long Live Literary Magazines<\/strong>
Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at 5pm ET \/\/ 2pm PT<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Book media loves to write a piece about a dead literary magazine. Living magazines, however, rarely attract the same prurient attention. Meanwhile, readers feel betrayed when beloved magazines with the same funding model (a single wealthy benefactor) continue to fail. But there are many literary magazines with alternative structures, young and old, online and in print, doing the work to stay alive in a culture that seems to like having them around, but celebrates them most fervently when they\u2019re gone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Electric Literature has assembled five independent magazines of significant literary influence that are forging their own paths. One Story<\/em> is a 20-year-old print magazine with a devoted following that has never published the same writer twice. Taco Bell Quarterly<\/em> was founded as a \u201creaction against everything\u201d and is devoted to writing about Taco Bell. The Offing<\/em> is volunteer run, and publishes work \u201cthat challenges, experiments, and provokes.\u201d ZYZZYVA <\/em>began in 1985 to reflect the cultural values that make San Francisco a cultural beacon, and offers themed, print issues on a wide range of topics. And for the last fourteen years, Electric Literature has been using our platform to launch new writers in a way that is exciting and inclusive.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leadership from each of these publications will have a candid conversation about how they stay afloat, the role of literary magazines in the cultural landscape, and their predictions for the future. Moderated by Halimah Marcus<\/strong>, executive director of Electric Literature. Their discussion will be followed by an audience Q&A.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Horny Between the Covers: Women Writers on Lust<\/strong>
Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 5pm ET \/\/ 2pm PT<\/p>\n\n\n\n


In a time when women\u2019s bodily autonomy is under renewed legal attack, narratives about ungovernable female desire take on new urgency. As our laws regress, more and more contemporary fiction is pushing back against outdated beliefs regarding writing about sex, giving female horniness the central focus it deserves. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our panelists Carmen Maria Machado<\/strong> (Her Body and Other Parties<\/em> and In the Dream House<\/em>), Rebecca Rukeyser<\/strong> (The Seaplane on Final Approach<\/em>), and Lillian Fishman<\/strong> (Acts of Service<\/em>) began this conversation during a packed panel at AWP, but found that there was still so much to say about bodies, lust, and publishing. Now Electric Literature is continuing the conversation for free, online. Whose desire gets to be depicted, and how are narratives about lust molded by society\u2019s judgments? And how do authors navigate the vulnerable process of publishing explicit work?  Moderated by Alyssa Songsiridej<\/strong>, author of Little Rabbit<\/em> and managing editor at Electric Literature. Their discussion will be followed by an audience Q&A. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Past Salons (more details below):<\/h4>\n\n\n\n