In this week’s Recommended Reading, a woman questions what’s going on when her audiologist best friend begins to find improbable items in ear canals. Read “The Oracle” by Joanna Pearson, recommended by Wynter K. Miller (@wynterkm) for Electric Lit. https://t.co/NoV53l1DJ7
it was a thrill seeing this essay develop—I think the final product is full of subtle elegance and so much HEART. beautifully done, @trish_fancher
read it @ElectricLit: https://t.co/jstgcFPy4E
The most important lesson I ever learned as a writer:
When I was 28 I was at a bar on a Friday night. My friends and I were dancing and getting wasted and having an amazing night, when I looked around and noticed that my buddy Clark was missing.
I asked my buddy Jeremy, “Hey
Wynter K. Miller (@wynterkm) talks with “A Matter of Appearance” author Emily Wells (@emilyennui) about pushing against the narrative that pain has a purpose, and the desire for true accommodation of illness. https://t.co/GhflP0Bu0k
love this! and I find Alice Rahon's work especially beautiful: "a Surrealist portrait of crip friendship painted in a secret cipher"
https://t.co/6Ns1zMtRmm
Creative Nonfiction submissions open TODAY!!! We'll be open to CNF through 6/15 or until we reach 500 submissions. We're SO excited for this new venture and to read all your work! Submit here: https://t.co/xSliYusDM2
it’s Sunday evening and the man upstairs is playing his saxophone and I have a glass of cheap wine I bought at Grocery Outlet, where I was not carded, and truly, these are the moments, few and far between, that I appreciate having reached adulthood
But tomorrow, of course, I will go back to yearning for my youth, halcyon days during which my only real plans were to reread The Westing Game for the millionth time
Did you have a special relationship with EITHER Kurt Cobain or Cher Horowitz? (Or perhaps, like me, the answer is resoundingly BOTH?) Read @MazzerCD’s lovely essay
Marissa D’Orazio (@MazzerCD) on plaid—its history, its malleability for people of all fashion senses, and how it gave her confidence in many different iterations over the years. https://t.co/SKLtCNLNSz
in the last 2 hrs, the Twitter algo has promoted an article for the best bagels in the Bay, the best sourdough in SF, and the best coffee in the Mission. I’m concerned that it seems to be closing in on my exact location, but also I want to know where to get the carbs and coffee
And ICMYI: You can watch a replay of last week’s salon, where EL editors @TheDenneMichele, @wynterkm, and @machikaonda talk more about what they’re looking for in CNF https://t.co/LgLuzYhFyT
Today’s issue of @ElectricLit’s Recommended Reading is a story I fell in love with immediately. It’s spooky and literary and features a monster I’ve been unable to forget. It was a pleasure to recommend it—go read @R_Turkewitz’ beautiful work. https://t.co/VuUExfJ8Ff