We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo NoViolet Bulawayo’s powerful novel of the life of …
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Celebrating Black History MonthLitStack List
Celebrating Black History: Essential Reading by Black Authors
by Tee Tateby Tee TateTwenty-eight days isn’t long enough to cover the works Black individuals have contributed to America’s …
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Whereabouts, a novel, by Jhumpa Lahiri This melancholy and stylish novel, Jhumpa Lahiri’s third, marks …
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Celebrating Black History MonthCreative Writing
Celebrating Black History Month | Seeing Myself on the Page by Renita McKinney
by Tee Tateby Tee TateI started reading romance before there were authors who looked like me. Before there were …
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The Kolchak: The Night Stalker 50th Anniversary edition, is an original graphic novel of 12 …
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The Clothing of Books, by Jhumpa Lahiri “How do you clothe a book?” is how …
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“Something is not quite right.” This is a phrase I used for nearly 25 years …
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Spare, by Prince Harry The phenomenon known as Spare is barely a week old, but …
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Titles both recent and vintage I’m looking foward to reading this year. First up, a …
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The Dead Fish Museum: Stories, by Charles D’Ambrosio Of Charles D’Ambrosio and his 2006 story …
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I’ve always admired, though never achieved, the ideal creative input as defined by François Truffaut: …
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Tinkers, by Paul Harding Paul Harding’s Tinkers, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 2010, tells …
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A Few Favorite Reads of 2022 A brief wrap-up of some of the books I …
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The Marriage Plot, by Jeffrey Eugenides “Heartbreak is funny to everyone but the heartbroken.” That …
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LitStack Recs
Litstack Recs | Jerusalem: A Cookbook and All Our Wrong Todays
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanJerusalem: A Cookbook, by Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi. Some cookbooks are defined by a …
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We’ve spent a bit of the month talking about Menna van Praag’s phenomenal Sisters Grimm …
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Featured AuthorLitStack Reviews
Featured Author Review: The Night of Demons and Saints by Menna van Praag
We continue our November celebration of the launch of book two in Menna van Praag’s …
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UncategorizedLitStack Recs
Litstack Recs | Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays & Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow
Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays, by Zadie Smith As an essay reader, and writer, I …
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Featured AuthorLitStack Reviews
LitStack’s Featured Author Review: The Sisters Grimm by Menna van Praag
This month, we’re celebrating the immensely talented Menna van Praag and the launch of the …
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Book LoveNew Release
Book Launch: The Best American Science Fiction And Fantasy 2022
by Tee Tateby Tee TateThe Best American Science Fiction And Fantasy 2022by John Joseph Adams; Rebecca RoanhorseMariner Books Award-winning, …
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The World Fantasy Awards are given each year for outstanding achievement in fantasy fiction published …
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LitStack Recs
Litstack recs | Joseph Anton, by Salman Rushdie and The Burning Light, by Bradley P. Beaulieu and Rob Ziegler
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanSalman Rushdie’s account of his life and the fatwa brought against him on Valentine’s Day …
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Book LoveNew Release
Book Launch: Snow White and Other Grimms’ Fairy Tales (MinaLima Edition)
by Tee Tateby Tee TateAnother gorgeous MinaLima title launched today, this one exploring Snow White and other Grimm fairy …
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My God, do some of us procrastinate. There are so many programs and calendars and …
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I’ll be honest – I almost didn’t commit to this book. It seemed too close …
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OpinionBook LoveInspiration
Recommendations and Reflections | The Tower of Babel Story in SFF Fiction
In the Old Testament, the tale of the Tower of Babel is only nine short …
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There’s a lot to look forward to, according to the folks over at Publisher’s Marketplace. …
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Head Wounds: SparrowWritten by Brian BuccellatoStory by Robert Johnson and John AlveyArt by Christian Ward …
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In this collection, published in 2006, Prose offers close readings on developing the art of …
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Creative WritingShort Stories
The Hats Worn by the Hat in Flannery O’Connor’s “Everything That Rises Must Converge”
by J.S. Hoodby J.S. HoodThat Hideous Hat Does a Lot of Work in the Story Flannery O’Connor’s short story, …
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We continue our coverage of versatile author F. Fox North by discussing their recent indie …
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Have you ever wondered what delicious delights Claire cooked up for Jamie in Outlander? What …
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Horror is a kind of hybrid form that depends on shock, fear, and sometimes repulsion, …
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InspirationHorror and SuspenseOf Interest
Vote for your favorite 2022 Haunting Hook!
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanIn their latest writing contest, Dictionary.com spotlights some haunting prose We love Dictionary.com for the …
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New Release
Book Launch| The Magic of MinaLima: Celebrating the Graphic Design Studio Behind the Harry Potter & Fantastic Beasts Films
by Tee Tateby Tee TateCongratulations to Miraphora Mina and Eduardo Lima, the design duo, behind the graphic style of the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts films on …
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The Spooky Season It’s that time of year when ghosts and goblins lurk from beneath …
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Author: F. Fox North Title: The Chaos Agents (Baron & Eddie Book 1) Summary: Told …
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LitStack Recs
Litstack Recs | The Refugees, Stories by Viet Thanh Nguyen & The Wonder by Emma Donoghue
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Click here to open FormForm Submission is restrictedForm is successfully submitted. Thank you!Subscribe to LitStack’s …
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It’s November 1913, and the brother/sister team of Aaron and Rosemary Harker are on both …
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How Fiction Works, by James Wood. When it comes to books on the craft of …
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From dressing up for Halloween, to donning appropriate period attire for the local Renaissance Festival, …
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One of the things about being a writer is that in some ways, you never …
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Desperate Characters, by Paula Fox This classic of literary fiction, written in 1970, is also …
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One of our favorite thing about literature is the impact it has on our …
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Book LoveNew ReleaseUncategorized
Now Available| THE GREAT BOOK OF KING ARTHUR by John Matthews
by Tee Tateby Tee TateAvailable now, from leading Arthurian authority John Matthews and Tolkien illustrator John Howe, comes the …
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A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L’Engle, a rec for #BannedBooksWeek This classic novel, number …
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At the end of each September, librarians, academics and readers alike celebrate Banned Book week. …
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The Sheltering Sky, by Paul Bowles Bowles is one of my favorite writers. His prose …
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Last night, September 4 in Chicago, the 2022 Hugo winners were announced at Chicon 8, …