Dreams From My Father, by Barack Obama Stories that center on fathers have a distinct …
Lauren Alwan
Lauren Alwan
Lauren Alwan’s fiction has appeared in the O. Henry Prize Stories, the Southern Review, the Alaska Quarterly Review, StoryQuarterly, in the Bellevue Literary Review. She is the recipient of a First Pages Prize, the Goldenberg Prize for Fiction, and.a citation of Notable in Best American Essays. Her essays have appeared in ZYZZYVA, Catapult, World Literature Today, The Rumpus, The Millions, Writer's Digest, and others. She is a prose editor at the museum of americana, an online literary review. Follow her on Twitter at @lauren_alwan and learn more at www.laurenalwan.com
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Litstack Rec |Delayed Rays of a Star & Feed
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanDelayed Rays of a Star, by Amanda Lee Koe At a New Year’s Eve ball …
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Litstack Recs|There There & The Expanse Series
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanThere There: A novel, by Tommy Orange Brilliant, innovative, lyric. Tommy Orange’s stunning fiction debut …
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Litstack Recs | WTAW Press 2019 ebooks & Cyber Shogun Revolution
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanWTAW Press 2019 Titles WTAW Press released two great titles in 2019, Chimerica, the debut …
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Litstack Recs | Little Failure & Chosen Ones
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanLittle Failure: A Memoir, by Gary Shteyngart “In order for me to be born,” Gary …
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Litstack Recs |The Clothing of Books & The Sisters Grimm
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanThe Clothing of Books, by Jhumpa Lahiri “How do you clothe a book?” is the …
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Litstack rec | The Way We Live Now & The Red
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanAs you read this you may, like me, be working from home, while your partner …
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Litstack recs | The Marriage Plot, by Jeffery Eugenides
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanThe Marriage Plot, by Jeffery Eugenides “Heartbreak is funny to everyone but the heartbroken.” That …
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The Vexations: a novel, by Caitlin Horrocks The lives of artists must portray artmaking for …
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There There: A novel, by Tommy Orange Brilliant, innovative, lyric. Tommy Orange’s stunning fiction debut …
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Litstack Recs: The Sense and Sensibility Screenplay and Diaries & LaRose
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanThe Sense and Sensibility Screenplay and Diaries, by Emma Thompson Emma Thompson’s diary tracks the …
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Litstack Rec: Anna May Wong: From Laundryman’s Daughter to Hollywood Legend & The Wanderers
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanAnna May Wong: From Laundryman’s Daughter to Hollywood Legend, by Graham Russell Gao Hodges Don’t …
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Litstack Rec: The Dead Fish Museum & Suicide Woods
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanThe Dead Fish Museum: Stories, by Charles D’Ambrosio Charles D’Ambrosio’s 2006 story collection, The Dead …
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Litstack Rec: An Unnecessary Woman & A Song for a New Day
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanAn Unnecessary Woman, by Rabih Alameddine “I like outsiders,” Aaliya Sohbi tells us, “phantoms wandering …
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LitStack Rec: This Boy’s Life and Landscape With Invisible Hand
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanThis Boy’s Life: A Memoir, by Tobias Wolff First published in 1989, Tobias Wolff’s This Boy’s …
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Vanity Fair, by William Makepeace Thackeray The early nineteenth century didn’t have reality television, but …
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Litstack Rec: Car Trouble & The Sol Majestic
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanAs Car Trouble opens, it’s one a.m., and the novel’s young protagonist, Nicky Flynn, is …
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Litstack Recs: Arranged Marriage: Stories & Shadow Run
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanArranged Marriage: Stories, by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni The eleven stories in Arranged Marriage reveal Chitra …
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Litstack Recs – Fear: Trump in the White House & A City Dreaming
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanFear: Trump in the White House, by Bob Woodward With this week’s news that impeachment …
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WTAW Press has just released its 2019 titles, Chimerica, the debut novel from Anita Fellicelli, …
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Litstack Recs: Barack Obama’s Summer Reading List & Admiral
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanBarack Obama’s Summer Reading List The #SummerReads of President Barack Obama are always an eclectic …
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Litstack Rec: The 400 Blows & The Last Wish (The Witcher)
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanThe 400 Blows, by Francois Truffaut This year marks the 60th anniversary of the release …
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Last week, when the Emmy nominations were announced, the BBC Three series Fleabag received eleven …
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Litstaff Rec: Werewolves in Their Youth: Stories & The Cage
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanWerewolves in Their Youth: Stories, by Michael Chabon Michael Chabon’s, Werewolves in Their Youth isn’t …
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The Clothing of Books by Jhumpa Lahiri “How do you clothe a book?” is the …
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Litstack Rec: The Mueller Report & Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanOn Wednesday, Special Counsel Robert Mueller spoke publicly for the first time about the Russia …
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Litstack Rec The Goldfinch, & The Dead Lands
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanThe Goldfinch, by Donna Tartt The reception Donna Tartt garnered for her third novel—her first …
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The Boys of My Youth, by Jo Ann Beard When it was released in 1998, …
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Fairyland: A Memoir of My Father, by Alysia Abbott “The truth is,” Alysia Abbot writes …
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Litstack Rec: My Misspent Youth & Santa 17
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanMy Misspent Youth, essays by Meghan Daum My introduction to Daum and her essays was …
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LitStack Recs: Author -Portraits of Beowulf Sheehan & The Jesus Cow
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanAuthor: The Portraits of Beowulf Sheehan. By Beowulf Sheehan. Foreword by Salman Rushdie. If you …
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Earn It! by Cinders McLeod This is the perfect gift for young readers on your …
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The Romanoffs, by Matthew Weiner The thing I love most about linked story collections is …
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An Unnecessary Woman, by Rabih Alameddine “I like outsiders,” Aaliya Sohbi tells us, “phantoms wandering …
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Two New Titles from WTAW Press Northern California’s newest independent press has just released its …
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LitStack RecsLiterary Fiction
Litstack Rec: Bridge & The Stargazer’s Sister
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanBridge, by Robert Thomas “Welcome to the prayer-strewn pews of my brain,” Alice, the narrator …
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By Nightfall, by Michael Cunningham Peter and Rebecca Harris are forty-something New Yorkers, well-off, hip, …
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LitStack Rec: Little Failure & United States of Japan
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanLittle Failure: A Memoir, by Gary Shteyngart “In order for me to be born,” Gary …
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LitStack Recs: Sense and Sensibility Screenplay and Diaries & Brotherhood of the Wheel
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanThe Sense and Sensibility Screenplay and Diaries, by Emma Thompson There’s enough left of summer …
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LitStaff Rec: A House for Mr Biswas & Pride’s Spell
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanA House For Mr Biswas, by V.S. Naipaul This past week, we lost a giant …
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Litstack Recs: The Tall Book of Make-Believe & The Last Days of New Paris
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanThe Tall Book of Make-Believe ed. Jane Werner Illustrated by Garth Williams Well beyond the …
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The Refugees: Stories, by Viet Thanh Nguyen Fans of The Sympathizer, Nguyen’s debut novel that …
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LitStack Recs: How to Read to Read a Sentence and How to Write One & American Elsewhere
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanHow to Read to Read a Sentence and How to Write One, by Stanley Fish …
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A Time of Gifts: On Foot to Constantinople, by Patrick Leigh Fermor A classic of …
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The Coast of Chicago by Stuart Dybek May is Short Story Month, so this month …
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LitStack Recs: Passage to Ararat & Borderline
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanPassage to Ararat, by Michael J. Arlen Tuesday, April 24, marked a sober anniversary, 103 …
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Book LoveLitStack ReviewsReviews by Genre
LitStack Review: Earn It! by Cinders McLeod
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanEarn It! by Cinders McLeod (Nancy Paulsen Books, 2017) Teaching children financial literacy—knowing how money …
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Patrimony: A True Story, by Philip Roth Roth’s 1991 memoir charts the illness and death …
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Green Thoughts: A Writer in the Garden, by Eleanor Perényi If you’re a writer who …
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The Death of the Heart, by Elizabeth Bowen Even though it’s spring, there may be …