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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 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 …
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Out of Place: A Memoir, by Edward Said Edward Said, the prolific author, political activist, …
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LitStack Rec: Arranged Marriage: Stories & This Case Is Gonna Kill Me
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanArranged Marriage: Stories, by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Acclaimed poet, novelist, and story writer Chitra Banerjee …
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Epilogue: A Memoir, by Will Boast Both a remembrance and a elegiac account of the …
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The Oysters of Locmariaquer, by Eleanor Clark Late in Eleanor Clark’s extraordinary book, she tells …
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The Films in My Life, by Francois Truffaut The revered French filmmaker, who would have …
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Litstack Rec: Thunderstruck & Other Stories & Kitchens of the Great Midwest
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanThunderstruck & Other Stories, by Elizabeth McCracken Early on in Elizabeth McCracken’s extraordinary story collection, …
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Selected Stories, by William Trevor A volume of stories by William Trevor is a reader’s …
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Litstack Rec: Spielberg, Truffaut and Me & The Wanderers
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanSpielberg, Truffaut and Me: An Actor’s Diary, by Bob Balaban In the summer of 1976, …
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LitStack Rec: Werewolves in Their Youth & Safe From the Sea
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanWerewolves in Their Youth: Stories, by Michael Chabon Not all scary stories are for Halloween. …
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Life Drawing, by Robin Black “Nobody outside a marriage can understand it,” the narrator of …
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Are books, and stories, getting better? That is, are they getting richer, stronger, and more …
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Speedbumps: Flooring It Through Hollywood, by Teri Garr Think of Teri Garr, the legendary actress …
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Anna May Wong: From Laundryman’s Daughter to Hollywood Legend, by Graham Russell Gao Hodges Don’t …
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At the November 15th National Book Awards, Jesmyn Ward was awarded her second prize in …
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The Goldfinch, by Donna Tartt The reception Donna Tartt garnered for her third novel—it washer …
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Jerusalem: A Cookbook, by Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi Some cookbooks are defined by a …
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LitStack Rec: Out of Place & Landscape with Invisible Hand
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanOut of Place: A Memoir, by Edward Said Edward Said, the prolific author, political activist, …
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Blood Will Out, by Walter Kirn In Preston Sturges’ romantic comedy, “The Palm Beach Story,” …
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Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life, by William Finnegan William Finnegan’s 2016 memoir begins with an …
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LitStack Rec: Little Failure: A Memoir & Back Roads and Frontal Lobes
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanLittle Failure: A Memoir, by Gary Shteyngart “In order for me to be born,” Gary …
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Litstack Rec: The Lesson of the Master and A Land More Kind Than Home
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanThe Lesson of the Master, by Henry James Colm Tóibín, in his introduction to the …
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Litstack Rec: The Hermit in the Garden & A City Dreaming
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanThe Hermit in the Garden: From Imperial Rome to Ornamental Gnome, by Gordon Campbell You …
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Count it as a good thing whenever books make a crossover into the everyday. And …
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The Good Soldier, by Ford Madox Ford If this novel had been published under the …
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Commonwealth, by Ann Patchett Of divorce, Nicole Krauss wrote, “One of us held on to …
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LitStack Rec: The Portable Veblen & Wait Till Next Year
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanThe Portable Veblen, by Elizabeth McKenzie By way of Anne Lamott, we know the novelist …
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Stoner, by John Williams John Williams’ 1965 novel went out of print after selling only …
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LitStack Recs: Books About Actors and Film & Ancillary Justice
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanAs the summer film season approaches, here are three books—a memoir, a novel, and a …
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Anna May Wong: From Laundryman’s Daughter to Hollywood Legend, by Graham Russell Gao Hodges Don’t …
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LitStack Rec: Changing My Mind & Hunger Makes the Wolf
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanChanging My Mind: Occasional Essays, by Zadie Smith This collection of essays came about by …
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Litstack Recs: Life Would be Perfect if I Lived in That House & A Natural History of Dragons
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanLife Would be Perfect if I Lived in That House, by Meghan Daum The moral …
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Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life, by William Finnegan William Finnegan’s 2016 memoir begins with an …
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Bridge, by Robert Thomas “Welcome to the prayer-strewn pews of my brain,” Alice, the narrator …
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The Places In-Between, by Rory Stewart In 2002, Rory Stewart made a walk across Afghanistan …