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Solid stories, and the final one, by Lynne Tillman, is very good, but I couldn't help wondering how, of the however-many-thousand-stories EL must have considered for this issue, these five could have really been the best.
The stories I loved I really loved: Habachi, The West. Couldn't get into Tillman's story, not my style. Come Out had moments I enjoyed and others I found jarring.
2.5/5 Wow, this issue was pretty disappointing, especially considering the extraordinary fiction that is issue No.6. Carson Mell's story "The West" was the only story I truly connected with in the collection. Lynne Tillman's story was interesting, but ultimately her imagistic, poetic style was too oblique for me. Like another reviewer pointed out, it's hard to believe these five stories were the best of all the submissions received. I highly recommend Issue No.6!
HIBACHI by j Robert Lennon was amazing, but my favorite story in this slender volume is The West, by Carson Mell, in which two men and boy take a day's drive through the southwest region of California, all in hopes of finding a stellar hamburger.
Electric Literature no. 5 es una recopilación de 5 historias de ficción de distintos autores.Electric Literature está conformado por un grupo de escritores que intenta demostrar que siempre hay buenas cosas que leer, solo hay que saber buscar. En esta ocasión reúnen 5 historias que van desde una mujer que escribe cartas y las deja en las grietas de la tierra con la esperanza de comunicarse con su prometido, hasta un señor que le compra a su esposa una cocina japonesa de regalo.Creo que ya encont...
From the first paragraph of Kevin Brockmeier's "A Fable For the Living" until the last line of Lynne Tillman's "The Original Impulse," I remained so glad that I'd purchased a subscription to the quarterly publication.Electric Literature No. 5 is a fantastic collection, with all five stories bleeding into one another to make a cohesive whole. Each one deals with people trying to fill some void in their life, some unspeakable absence, even when their methods for doing so are unhealthy. These are f...
A star for each story I really dug, half a star for each story I liked but thought was flawed, no stars for stories that didn't do it for me. So 2.5 stars, and I'll round up.Highlights:J. Robert Lennon's story is gorgeous, inspired, moving and goes in directions you don't expect. That one will stick with me.Ben Greenman is just a great writer. I love the way people talk in this one.I liked the concept behind Carson Mell's contribution, but I thought it didn't ultimately go anywhere.
This is the only lit journal I read cover to cover because I design it. But the fiction is top-notch. The books are 120-140 pages of mostly text and are comprised of five stories by different — usually well-known — authors. In most issues, there is also beautiful interstitial imagery unrelated to the fiction, but part of the overall mood of each volume.Definitely give it a try. Available in print and all digital formats.Some insider info: They are coming out with a box set of the first six volum...
got this for the j robert lennon story who I am ploughing through everything by all of which has been excellent, a bit spooky and very small town america I guess having never been to america. good anthology, would get it again if it was on a cheaper subscription. wanted something to sit alongside the LRB as a regular periodical. may well get some granta mags.
Hibachi: 4 starsThe West: 4 starsA Fable for the Living: 3 starsThe Original Impulse: 2 starsCome Out: 1 star
There's a story in here by J. Robert Lennon called "Hibachi" that will knock your socks off. The others in here range from OK to pretty good, but that one is worth hunting down.
Kevin Brockmeier is the only contributer I'd read before, and his lead-off story here does not disappoint. As usual, his characters are alive and-or dead, the setting is rather timeless and surreal yet also quite grounded in the real, mostly due to the incredible ear the author has for loss. But for all Brockmeier's poignancy, Carson Mell's story "The West" has stayed with me the most. Mr. Horselover, I think, is one of the strongest and most heartbreaking characters I've come across in short fi...
