Posted on January 31, 2024 at 2:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
As you might've guessed from the headline, we have a full slate of posts on topics you wouldn't necessarily broach with someone you've just met ... unless you're a gambler.
They're all still about literature, but there will be discussions of sex and politics in each — so consider yourself warned.
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Electric Literature recommended eight unapologetically confessional books by feminist poets, who identify either as female or gender-fluid.
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Sex educator Emily Nagoski discusses her new book, Come Together: The Science (and Art!) of Creating Lasting Sexual Connections, with NPR.
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Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman also went on NPR to talk about a new book; Find Me The Votes is about Donald Trump's attempt to overturn the 2020 election results and Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis's decision to indict him for it.
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Speaking of 2020, that was the year that a group of writers came together (virtually) to write a novel about the COVID lockdown, called Fourteen Days, which the Guardian reviewed.
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Electric Literature also compiled a list of eleven books about seasonal and migrant farmworkers in America.
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