What is Electric Literature?

It's a new lit magazine spearheaded by editors Andy Hunger and Scott Lindenbaum (of Community Bookstore fame).

In Electric Literature's Autumn 2009 anthology, Colson Whitehead charts
the rise to fame of a truth-telling comedian. Stephen O’Connor
transports the reader to a cabin in the woods, where a young woman attempting
to finish her dissertation in solitude becomes increasingly convinced
she’s not alone. Pasha Malla follows a young writer as he explores how
tragedy influences art—and how life falls short of it. Marisa Silver
tells the tale of three sisters who perceive the truth about their
parents through the eyes of some unexpected visitors, and Lydia Davis’
solitary narrator acutely details the behavior of three cows who live
in a pasture just across the road. They're sick and tired of hearing that literary fiction is doomed.

These visionary guys are throwing a launch party for Electric Literature No. 2 on Wednesday October 28th. The party begins at 7 PM with free martinis (until 8 PM) and a movie.

A night of mixed genres, mixed drinks, and mixed messages to celebrate the release of Electric Literature No. 2 featuring…

9:30 PM- NEW OPTIMISM featuring Miho Hatori, former vocalist of Cibo Matto, aka “Noodle” of Gorrilaz, Collaborator of Handsome Boy Modelling School, John Zorn, Blackalicious and The 6ths.

8:30 PM- Authors: MICHAEL CUNNINGHAM, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for The Hours, and author of A Home At the End of the World, and Specimen Days

and JIM SHEPARD, author of six novels, including Project X, and three story collections, including Love and Hydrogen and Like You'd Understand, Anyway, which was nominated for the National Book Award and won The Story Prize.

7:30 PM- The films of MARTHA COLBURN with live musical accompaniment by MUDANG ROUGE