Electric Literature Teams up with Michael Cunningham and Jim Shepard
Electric Literature teams up with Michael Cunningham and Jim Shepard to expand the reach of literary fiction. Electric Literature's mission is to spark a revival of the short story by pairing captivating narratives from America's best contemporary writers with innovative new forms of distribution.
New York, NY (PRWEB) June 18, 2009 -- Electric Literature teams up with Michael Cunningham and Jim Shepard to expand the reach of literary fiction.
Electric Literature No. 1
Electric Literature's mission is to spark a revival of the short story by pairing captivating narratives from America's best contemporary writers with innovative new forms of distribution.
Founded by writers uncharacteristically optimistic about literary publishing, Electric Literature has come together with Michael Cunningham and Jim Shepard to usher literary fiction into the digital age. The result: Electric Literature No. 1, a publication you can read as an e-book on your Kindle, pop open on your iPhone on the way to work, or simply slip into your back pocket as a paperback. Streamlined for all mediums, its flexibility stems from its simplicity: just five great stories that grab you.
NARRATIVE IS KEY.
As A.O. Scott wrote recently in the New York Times, "The blog post and the tweet may be ephemeral ... but the culture in which they thrive is fed by a craving for more narrative." Fiction transports us. It uniquely captures the experience of human consciousness like no other art form, revealing underlying truth and opening us to life's possibilities. Like any creative act, writing fiction carries within it an implicit belief in the future. Electric Literature was created by people who believe in the future of writing.
Electric Literature's Summer 2009 debut anthology features the first published excerpt from the forthcoming novel by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Cunningham (The Hours, Specimen Days). The issue also showcases new fiction by some of America's most innovative and important contemporary writers, including Jim Shepard, T Cooper, Lydia Millet, and Diana Wagman. These stories are charged with wit, incident, and emotional gravity right from the first sentence.
A NEW MODEL FOR CREATING, CURATING, AND DELIVERING.
People are reading more than ever, but differently than they have in the past. Electric Literature's publishing model offers writers a light on the horizon while giving readers their choice of form. On an iPhone, the stories in Electric Literature are just $.99 each; on a Kindle, the price is even lower.
GOING GREEN.
Electric Literature is committed to an environmentally conscious approach to publishing: e-books and iPhone apps kill no trees, require very little energy, never go out of print, and can reach anyone on the planet. The paperback version of Electric Literature is generated through print-on-demand, ensuring that no books are ever pulped because there is no overstock. Every copy printed has a home.
"I applaud you--because these are difficult times for magazines new and old . . . the digital age needs its new venues."
-Rick Moody
ABOUT:
Electric Literature is a bi-monthly anthology of gripping short stories delivered in every viable medium--print, Kindle, e-book and iPhone. www.electricliterature.com
Michael Cunningham is the author of the novels A Home at the End of the World, Flesh and Blood, The Hours, and Specimen Days. The Hours won the 1999 PEN Faulkner and Pulitzer prizes.
Jim Shepard is the author of six novels, including most recently Project X, and three story collections, including most recently Like You'd Understand, Anyway, which was nominated for the National Book Award and won The Story Prize.
CONTACT:
1-888-666-1085
Andy Hunter, Editor in Chief
Electric Literature
http://www.electricliterature.com
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