🎭 Culture Aug 4, 2026 · Halimah Marcus

Finding Your Voice as a Woman Writer Raised on Books by Men

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Finding Your Voice as a Woman Writer Raised on Books by Men
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Julie Buntin and I first met when Electric Literature shared an office with Catapult in the mid-2010s. She was a book editor and the director of Catapult’s beloved educational program; I had recently become Electric Literature’s Executive Director. I was an aspiring writer with a few short stories; Julie was about to publish her debut novel, Marlena, to critical and commercial acclaim. We hit it off as two hard-working, mostly type-A people with the same cynical sense of humor that protects over

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