Bronx-based poet Roya Marsh is writing who she wants you to be

Bronx-based poet Roya Marsh is writing who she wants you to be

Roya Marsh Facebook Email Share Bronx native Roya Marsh stumbled into her slam poetry career in 2011. Marsh, a student at the time, was a juvenile poet still developing her cadence at infrequent trips to open mics in college. Marsh’s July date night outing to the Lower East Side’s Nexus Lounge was one such trip, […]

Exclusive Cover Reveal: “Song So Wild and Blue” by Paul Lisicky

Exclusive Cover Reveal: “Song So Wild and Blue” by Paul Lisicky

Electric Literature is pleased to reveal the cover of Song So Wild and Blue: A Life with Joni Mitchell , the new memoir by acclaimed writer Paul Lisicky, which will be published by HarperOne on February 4th, 2025. You can pre-order your copy here . From the moment Paul Lisicky heard Joni Mitchell while growing […]

The Bookshelf: “Writing on Empty”

The Bookshelf: “Writing on Empty”

Arts Natalie Goldberg’s new book finds structure in emptiness Our next guest needs no introduction—if you’re a writer or reader in Santa Fe, I’m willing to bet you’re already familiar with Natalie Goldberg and her 1986 classic, Writing Down the Bones . What you might not know, though? She’s got a new book coming out […]

Pink Slime

Pink Slime

The following is from Fernanda Trías’s Pink Slime . Trías was born in Uruguay and is the award-winning author of three novels, two of which have been published in English. A writer and instructor of creative writing, she holds an MFA in creative writing from New York University. She was awarded the National Uruguayan Literature […]

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