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    Anna May Wong: From Laundryman’s Daughter to Hollywood Legend & A Song for a New Day

    by Lauren Alwan & Sharon Browning 30 September, 2023
    by Lauren Alwan & Sharon Browning 30 September, 2023

    Anna May Wong: From Laundryman’s Daughter to Hollywood Legend, by Graham Russell Gao Hodges For…

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  • Litstack NowNew ReleaseSpotlight

    Spotlight on “The Armor Of Light” by Ken Follett

    by LitStack Editor 29 September, 2023
    by LitStack Editor 29 September, 2023

    The master of historical fiction is back with the fifth book in the Kingsbridge series. …

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  • Creative WritingLitstack NowLitStack Toolkit

    Editor Joe Illidge on the Evolution of Graphic Novels

    by Corrina Lawson 28 September, 2023
    by Corrina Lawson 28 September, 2023

    A Section on Graphic Novels I recently browsed my local library and saw something that…

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  • Litstack NowNew ReleaseSpotlight

    Spotlight On “My Armenian Friend” by Andreï Makine

    by LitStack Editor 27 September, 2023
    by LitStack Editor 27 September, 2023

    In My Armenian Friend, a 13-year old meets courage, love, and dignity—all of which mark…

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  • Litstack NowNew ReleaseSpotlight

    Spotlight on “The Maniac” by Benjamín Labatut

    by LitStack Editor 26 September, 2023
    by LitStack Editor 26 September, 2023

    The Maniac confronts us with the deepest questions we face as a species. Tracing The…

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  • BirthdaysLitStack ListLitstack Now

    7 Author Birthdays September 25 to October 1 – Who Shares Your Day?

    by LitStack Editor 25 September, 2023
    by LitStack Editor 25 September, 2023

    Here are seven author birthdays for this week. Check out which authors are your favorites,…

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  • Litstack NowLitStack RecsShort Stories

    “Ship Fever” and “The Lighthouse Road” – 2 LitStack Recs

    by Lauren Alwan & Sharon Browning 23 September, 2023
    by Lauren Alwan & Sharon Browning 23 September, 2023

    Ship Fever: Stories, by Andrea Barrett One of my favorite National Book Awards selections in…

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  • Litstack NowNew ReleaseSpotlight

    Spotlight on “The Official Dune Coloring Book”

    by LitStack Editor 22 September, 2023
    by LitStack Editor 22 September, 2023

    Visit Arrakis in a whole new way in The Official Dune Coloring Book as you…

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  • Book LoveLitstack NowLitStack Picks

    In Their Prime – 5 Scary Novels from the 1970s You Must Read

    by J.S. Hood 21 September, 2023
    by J.S. Hood 21 September, 2023

    Introduction to 5 Novels from the 1970s The 1970s was a decade of change and…

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  • Litstack NowLitStack PicksSpotlight

    Spotlight On “Octavia Books,” New Orleans, LA

    by Tee Tate 20 September, 2023
    by Tee Tate 20 September, 2023

    Visit Octavia Books, where history, culture and the artistic spirit feel alive as the city.…

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  • New ReleaseSpotlight

    Spotlight on “Ghost Tamer” by Meredith R. Lyons

    by LitStack Editor 19 September, 2023
    by LitStack Editor 19 September, 2023

    Death is one thing, it’s what you do afterward that matters. About Ghost Tamer Aspiring-comedian…

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  • BirthdaysLitStack List

    7 Author Birthdays September 18 to 24 – Who Shares Your Day?

    by LitStack Editor 18 September, 2023
    by LitStack Editor 18 September, 2023

    Here are seven author birthdays for this week. Check out which authors are your favorites,…

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  • Litstack NowLitStack Recs

    A Powerful Family Saga in “The Dutch House” by Ann Patchett

    by Lauren Alwan 16 September, 2023
    by Lauren Alwan 16 September, 2023

    The Dutch House, finalist for the 2020 Pulitzer Prize. The question comes from Danny Conroy,…

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  • Litstack NowLitStack ReviewsMusicals

    Cabaret’s ‘What Would You Do?’ More Relevant Now

    by Corrina Lawson 14 September, 2023
    by Corrina Lawson 14 September, 2023

    Cabaret has always been a story about desperate people hoping to create a place for…

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  • New ReleaseSpotlight

    Spotlight on “House of Caravans” by Shilpi Suneja

    by LitStack Editor 13 September, 2023
    by LitStack Editor 13 September, 2023

    Lahore, British India. 1943. A family and nation divided by the living legacy of colonialism.…

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    Spotlight on “The Wolves of Eternity” by Karl Ove Knausgaard

    by LitStack Editor 12 September, 2023
    by LitStack Editor 12 September, 2023

    The Wolves of Eternity questions the limits of what we can understand about life itself.…

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  • BirthdaysLitStack List

    7 Author Birthdays September 11 to 17 – Who Shares Your Day?

    by LitStack Editor 11 September, 2023
    by LitStack Editor 11 September, 2023

    Here are seven author birthdays for this week. Check out which authors are your favorites,…

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  • Historical FictionLitstack NowLitStack RecsShort Stories

    These Charming People: Stories & The Stargazer’s Sister

    by Lauren Alwan & Sharon Browning 9 September, 2023
    by Lauren Alwan & Sharon Browning 9 September, 2023

    These Charming People, stories by Michael Arlen In the period just after World War One,…

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  • New ReleaseSpotlight

    Spotlight on “The Pole” by J.M. Coetzee

    by LitStack Editor 8 September, 2023
    by LitStack Editor 8 September, 2023

    Evocative of Joyce’s “The Dead” Dogged Love and Unpredictable Human Relationships The Pole is a…

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  • Creative WritingLitstack NowLitStack Toolkit

    Setting Is Character

    by Corrina Lawson 7 September, 2023
    by Corrina Lawson 7 September, 2023

    Setting is character. That’s what a wonderful writer friend of mine, Robin LaFevers, told me…

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  • New ReleaseSpotlight

    Spotlight on “Mom Rage” by Minna Dubin

    by LitStack Editor 6 September, 2023
    by LitStack Editor 6 September, 2023

    A frank, feminist examination of the hidden crisis of rage facing American mothers–and how we…

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    Spotlight on “Happiness Falls” by Angie Kim

    by LitStack Editor 5 September, 2023
    by LitStack Editor 5 September, 2023

    We didn’t call the police right away. An Unwinding Tangle of Family Secrets In Happiness…

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  • BirthdaysLitStack List

    7 Author Birthdays September 4 to 10 – Who Shares Your Day?

    by LitStack Editor 4 September, 2023
    by LitStack Editor 4 September, 2023

    Here are seven author birthdays for this week. Check out which authors are your favorites,…

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  • Litstack NowLitStack Reviews

    A Big-Hearted “Car Trouble” by Robert Rorke

    by Lauren Alwan 2 September, 2023
    by Lauren Alwan 2 September, 2023

    Here is our original review of “Car Trouble” in honor of our dear friend, Robert…

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  • Short StoriesSpotlight

    Spotlight on “Natural History: Stories” by Andrea Barrett

    by LitStack Editor 1 September, 2023
    by LitStack Editor 1 September, 2023

    Now in paperback. In Natural History: Stories, Andrea Barrett completes the beautiful arc of intertwined…

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    The Journey and The Moment in “Lolth’s Warrior” by R.A. Salvatore

    by Tee Tate 31 August, 2023
    by Tee Tate 31 August, 2023

    Lolth’s Warrior, a friend, a father, a man caught between the darkness and the light.…

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  • New ReleaseSpotlight

    Spotlight on “The September House” by Carissa Orlando

    by LitStack Editor 30 August, 2023
    by LitStack Editor 30 August, 2023

    In The September House, Margaret knows her house is haunted. But she’s staying. It Takes…

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    Spotlight on “Not Forever But For Now” by Chuck Palahniuk

    by LitStack Editor 29 August, 2023
    by LitStack Editor 29 August, 2023

    Murder is a family business in Not Forever But For Now. Burgeoning Opioid Addiction, Debaucherous…

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    Spotlight on “Where Peace Is Lost” By Valerie Valdes

    by LitStack Editor 28 August, 2023
    by LitStack Editor 28 August, 2023

    Where Peace Is Lost, a riotous space adventure novel. Where Peace is Lost, Adventure is…

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  • BirthdaysLitStack List

    7 Author Birthdays August 28 to September 3 – Who Shares Your Day?

    by LitStack Editor 28 August, 2023
    by LitStack Editor 28 August, 2023

    Here are seven author birthdays for this week. Check out which authors are your favorites,…

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    The Fact in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Fictional “The Great Gatsby”

    by Lauren Alwan 26 August, 2023
    by Lauren Alwan 26 August, 2023

    The Great Gatsby is in ways an unlikely fixture of canonical literature.  The Great Gatsby…

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    Spotlight on “Las Madres” by Esmeralda Santiago

    by LitStack Editor 25 August, 2023
    by LitStack Editor 25 August, 2023

    The lives and loves of five women and the secret that binds them together. The…

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    A Spectacular Collision Of Pluck And Honor In “Capture the Sun” by Jessie Mihalik

    by Sharon Browning 24 August, 2023
    by Sharon Browning 24 August, 2023

    When you Capture the Sun, yes, the sex turns to steam! Hitting All The Right…

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    Spotlight on “Desertion” by Abdulrazak Gurnah

    by LitStack Editor 23 August, 2023
    by LitStack Editor 23 August, 2023

    Desertion is a brilliant dramatization of the personal and political legacies of colonialism. The Consequences…

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    Perfect Distraction with “The Witch and the Tsar” by Olesya Salnikova Gilmore

    by Tee Tate 22 August, 2023
    by Tee Tate 22 August, 2023

    The Witch and the Tsar, Baba Yaga is a champion and savior to her people…

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  • BirthdaysLitStack List

    7 Author Birthdays August 21 to 27 – Who Shares Your Day?

    by LitStack Editor 21 August, 2023
    by LitStack Editor 21 August, 2023

    Here are seven author birthdays for this week. Check out which authors are your favorites,…

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  • LitStack Recs

    “The Midnight Library” by Matt Haig

    by Sharon Browning 19 August, 2023
    by Sharon Browning 19 August, 2023

    The book that was on everyone’s TBR list! We’re revisiting Matt Haig’s bestseller The Midnight…

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    “The Exorcist Legacy – 50 Years of Fear” by Nat Segaloff

    by J.S. Hood 18 August, 2023
    by J.S. Hood 18 August, 2023

    Just in time to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the release of the film The…

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  • New ReleaseSpotlight

    Spotlight on “The Librarianist” by Patrick deWitt

    by LitStack Editor 17 August, 2023
    by LitStack Editor 17 August, 2023

    In The Librarianist, from bestselling and award-winning author Patrick deWitt, you learn the story of…

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  • New ReleaseSpotlight

    Spotlight on “Harlem After Midnight” by Louise Hare

    by LitStack Editor 16 August, 2023
    by LitStack Editor 16 August, 2023

    In Harlem After Midnight, a body falls from a townhouse window, and it looks just…

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    Garth Nix, Author of “Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz” – A LitStack Interview

    by Tee Tate 15 August, 2023
    by Tee Tate 15 August, 2023

    Garth Nix, the New York Times bestselling author, ventures into the adult genre with the…

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  • BirthdaysLitStack List

    7 Author Birthdays August 14 to 20 – Who Shares Your Day?

    by LitStack Editor 14 August, 2023
    by LitStack Editor 14 August, 2023

    Here are seven author birthdays for this week. Check out which authors are your favorites,…

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  • LitStack Reviews

    2 Hero Mercenaries Rule “Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz” by Garth Nix

    by Tee Tate 14 August, 2023
    by Tee Tate 14 August, 2023

    Dont’ miss Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz: Stories of the Witch Knight and the Puppet…

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    8 Essential Podcasts for Writers

    by Lauren Alwan 12 August, 2023
    by Lauren Alwan 12 August, 2023

    Essential podcasts for writers to get you started with fascinating conversations, writing advice, sources of…

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  • Guest PostLitstack NowLitStack Reviews

    “Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway” by Robin Black is Personal

    by Nan Cuba 10 August, 2023
    by Nan Cuba 10 August, 2023

    LitStack is proud to give you this review written by guest contributor, Nan Cuba, who…

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  • New ReleaseSpotlight

    Spotlight on “Medusa’s Sisters” by Lauren J.A. Bear

    by LitStack Editor 9 August, 2023
    by LitStack Editor 9 August, 2023

    A vivid and moving reimagining of the myth of Medusa and the sisters who loved…

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  • New ReleaseSpotlight

    Spotlight On “Elsewhere” – Stories By Yan Ge

    by LitStack Editor 8 August, 2023
    by LitStack Editor 8 August, 2023

    Elsewhere, a story collection humming with wit and style A Shimmering English-Language Debut From multi-award-winning…

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  • BirthdaysLitStack List

    7 Author Birthdays August 7 to 13 – Who Shares Your Day?

    by LitStack Editor 7 August, 2023
    by LitStack Editor 7 August, 2023

    Jerry Pournelle – August 7 On this day, August 7, in 1933, Jerry Pournelle was…

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  • LitStack Recs

    All Stories are Ghost Stories – Revisiting “Life Drawing” by Robin Black

    by Lauren Alwan 5 August, 2023
    by Lauren Alwan 5 August, 2023

    Nobody outside a marriage can understand it. Life Drawing, by Robin Black “Nobody outside a…

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  • LitStack Reviews

    The Danger Of Nostalgia In “Wicked” Retconning The Past

    by Corrina Lawson 3 August, 2023
    by Corrina Lawson 3 August, 2023

    Wicked the musical is a play from a book based on a movie musical based…

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