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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 Recs: Home Comforts & Ms. Marvel

    by Lauren Alwan 5 March, 2015
    by Lauren Alwan 5 March, 2015

    Home Comforts: The Art & Science of Keeping House, by Cheryl Mendelson Spring means spring …

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    LitStack Recs: Bartleby, The Scrivener & The Emperor’s Blades

    by Lauren Alwan 26 February, 2015
    by Lauren Alwan 26 February, 2015

    Bartleby, the Scrivener, by Herman Melville Overworked employees, endless legal documents to be copied, the …

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    A Brief Look at the British Travel Memoir

    by Lauren Alwan 19 February, 2015
    by Lauren Alwan 19 February, 2015

    Three authors linked by the British tradition of going by foot and writing about it. …

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    LitStack Recs: The Custom of the Country & The Quick

    by Lauren Alwan 22 January, 2015
    by Lauren Alwan 22 January, 2015

    The Custom of the Country, by Edith Wharton I knew from the start that things …

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    LitStack Rec: 2015 TBR List & ‘Gorgeous’

    by Lauren Alwan 8 January, 2015
    by Lauren Alwan 8 January, 2015

    Books on my 2015 TBR List The new year has arrived. So has a new …

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    LitStack Recs: Favorite Reads of 2014 & Wolf in White Van

    by Lauren Alwan 18 December, 2014
    by Lauren Alwan 18 December, 2014

    My Favorite Reads of 2014 So many great books this year makes a tiered list …

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    LitStack Recs: The Empathy Exams & The Private Diary of Mr. Darcy

    by Lauren Alwan 11 December, 2014
    by Lauren Alwan 11 December, 2014

    The Empathy Exams: Essays, by Leslie Jamison 2014 is being called the year of the …

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    LitStack Rec: Havanas in Camelot & Wayward Saints

    by Lauren Alwan 4 December, 2014
    by Lauren Alwan 4 December, 2014

    Havanas in Camelot: Personal Essays, by William Styron Though William Styron is best know for …

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    LitStack Recs: Little Failure: A Memoir & The Company

    by Lauren Alwan 9 October, 2014
    by Lauren Alwan 9 October, 2014

    Little Failure: A Memoir, by Gary Shteyngart “In order for me to be born,” Gary …

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    Litstack Rec: My Misspent Youth & Down to the Last Pitch

    by Lauren Alwan 19 June, 2014
    by Lauren Alwan 19 June, 2014

    My Misspent Youth, essays by Meghan Daum My introduction to Daum and her essays was …

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    LitStack Rec: Dept. of Speculation and To Rise Again at a Decent Hour

    by Lauren Alwan 12 June, 2014
    by Lauren Alwan 12 June, 2014

    Dept. of Speculation, by Jenny Offill With the release of Jenny Offill’s acclaimed second novel, …

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    LitStack Recs: A Definitive study of Alfred Hitchcock and The Devil’s Snake Curve

    by Lauren Alwan 5 June, 2014
    by Lauren Alwan 5 June, 2014

    A Definitive study of Alfred Hitchcock, by Francois Truffaut (trans. by Helen Scott). Before he …

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    LitStack Recs: The Firefox Book & Three Parts Dead

    by Lauren Alwan 22 May, 2014
    by Lauren Alwan 22 May, 2014

    The  Firefox Book, by Elliot Wigginton (editor) Perfect for #throwbackthursday, this compendium of customs and …

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    LitStack Rec: ‘Fruits & Vegetables’ and ‘Renascence and Other Poems’

    by Lauren Alwan 10 April, 2014
    by Lauren Alwan 10 April, 2014

    Fruits & Vegetables Erica Jong Long before Fear of Flying, before Erica Jong’s now-classic novel …

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    LitStack Rec: ‘Chicago’ and ‘To This Day’

    by Lauren Alwan 3 April, 2014
    by Lauren Alwan 3 April, 2014

    One of the best definitions of magical realism I’ve read comes from Debra Spark. In …

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    LitStack Recs: Memoirs of Place and The Dinosaur Heresies

    by Lauren Alwan 27 March, 2014
    by Lauren Alwan 27 March, 2014

    On Memoirs of Place: A Quick List I always appreciate a good memoir that centers …

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    LitStack Rec: ‘Spring and All’ and ‘Honest Dogs’

    by Lauren Alwan 6 March, 2014
    by Lauren Alwan 6 March, 2014

      Spring and All, William Carlos Willams In a frenzy that could have only taken …

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  • LitStack RecsShort Stories

    LitStack Recs: ‘Paris Stories’ and ‘The Book of Killowen’

    by Lauren Alwan 20 February, 2014
    by Lauren Alwan 20 February, 2014

    Paris StoriesMavis Gallant When the news came Tuesday that the great story writer Mavis Gallant …

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    LitStack Recs: ‘I Hate to Leave This Beautiful Place’ and ‘Born to Pull’

    by Lauren Alwan 6 February, 2014
    by Lauren Alwan 6 February, 2014

    I Hate to Leave This Beautiful Place Howard Norman In the essay-as-memoir, the writer can …

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    LitStack Rec: A Distant Mirror: the Calamitous 14th Century and The Boys of My Youth

    by Lauren Alwan 23 January, 2014
    by Lauren Alwan 23 January, 2014

    The Boys of My Youth, by Jo Ann Beard When it was released in 1998, …

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    LitStack Rec: The Goldfinch and Exposure

    by Lauren Alwan 16 January, 2014
    by Lauren Alwan 16 January, 2014

    The Goldfinch,Donna Tartt The reception Donna Tartt has garnered for her third novel, her first …

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