3 Debut Authors Discuss How To Live in the Hypothetical

Electric Literature is featuring three debut authors discussing their craft in writing about imaginary lives and pivotal choices. Alexa Yasemin Brahme's 'Good News' follows a Turkish-American art student navigating New York's gallery scene; Sonia Feldman's 'Girl's Girl' captures a summer between high school years in Ohio; and Vincent Yu's 'Seek Immediate Shelter' traces a fictional missile alert and how it reshapes five characters. In the interview, Brahme explains her choice of third-person narration—to create distance between reader and her protagonist, allowing readers to see what an unreliable narrator cannot hide from herself.

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