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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, …
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The story structure of Marvel’s Eternals is all wrong according to what I’ve been taught. …
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LitStack Recs
Litstack Recs | We the Animals & Kitchens of the Great Midwest
by Tee Tateby Tee TateCalled “a dark jewel of a book,” by Michael Cunningham, We the Animals, the 2011 …
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Ever wonder what you’ve got to look forward to? Has your favorite author inked a …
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We’ve spent August diving into the backlist and current release of one of our favorite …
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A few years back, we discussed our favorite five literary monologues and you LitStackers seemed …
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I was reading a book the other day. It was a very good book, extremely …
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The Most Common Phrases in ‘Hunger Games,’ ‘Harry Potter,’ and ‘Twilight’
by Tee Tateby Tee TateFrom Flavorwire: Ben Blatt of Slate put together a great post on the adjectives, adverbs, …
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Litstack Recs| How to Write a Sentence: And How to Read One & We Were Dreamers
by Tee Tateby Tee TateFor writers and readers, the sentence is the coin of the realm, the catch that …
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Wesley Chu is a master at taking what in other hands would be complex, convoluted …
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My friend, Dave Robison, spoke recently of creating his own mythology and it got me …
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A while back I was fortunate to read, in close succession, three masterful works in …
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Litstack Recs | The Wrong End of the Telescope & Company Town
by Tee Tateby Tee TateThe Wrong End of the Telescope: a novel by Rabih Alameddine Rabih Alameddine’s sixth book, …
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With Wesley Chu coming out with his newest amazing book The Art of Prophecy, it …
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Litstack Recs | Green Thoughts: A Writer in the Garden & The Last Wish – Introducing the Witcher
by Tee Tateby Tee TateGreen Thoughts: A Writer in the Garden, by Eleanor Perényi Writing and gardening share similarities: …
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This week we continue our celebration of our August Featured Author, Wesley Chu with a …
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Litstack Recs| The Love of a Good Woman & The Red
by Tee Tateby Tee TateThe Love of a Good Woman, stories by Alice Munro The short story has few …
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Featured AuthorHighlightsPopular Fiction
Featured Author Review: The Lives of Tao by Wesley Chu
by Tee Tateby Tee TateWelcome, LitStackers, to a new month and our old favorite, the Featured Author segment. This …
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Litstack Recs | The Films in My Life & Six-Gun Snow White
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanThe Films in My Life, by Francois Truffaut We are lucky that Francois Truffaut was …
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Ideally, writing a mystery requires careful planning, a mound of research, and the ability to …
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Have you ever wondered where your favorite stories come from? Is there a fount of …
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Litstack Recs | Two titles from WTAW Press & Ninefox Gambit
by Tee Tateby Tee TateTwo Titles From WTAW Press The Groundhog Forever, by Henry Hoke In Henry Hoke’s debut …
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Litstack Recs | The Good Soldier & If You Build It…
by Tee Tateby Tee TateThe Good Soldier, by Ford Madox Ford If this novel had been published under the …
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Litstack Recs | The UnAmericans & All the Horses of Iceland
by Tee Tateby Tee TateThe UnAmericans: Stories by Molly Antopol There’s a literary lineage to the strands of Jewish …
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Less, a novel: by Andrew Sean Greer Less, the author’s sixth book and fifth novel, …
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Litstack Recs | Fairyland: A Memoir of My Father & Time Salvager
by Tee Tateby Tee TateFairyland: A Memoir of My Father, by Alysia Abbott “The truth is,” Alysia Abbott writes …
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Book Launch and Excerpt: Trouble With the Cursed by Kim Harrison
by Tee Tateby Tee TateABOUT TROUBLE WITH THE CURSED Congratulations to Kim Harrison on the launch of the latest title …
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Litstack Recs | The Custom of the Country & The Resisters
by Tee Tateby Tee TateThe Custom of the Country Edith Wharton I knew from the start that things would go …
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For lovers of the fairy-tale tradition, from Mental Floss, a collection of fairy tales beyond …
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A Writer’s Notebook by Somerset Maugham Like most writers, I keep a notebook—not a journal, …
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Litstack Recs | Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life & Monarca
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanBarbarian Days: A Surfing Life, by William Finnegan William Finnegan’s 2016 memoir begins with an …
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I love series. My must-buy list is mainly comprised series books. My eagerness for the …
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Litstack Recs | How to Write an Autobiographical Novel & When Women Were Dragons
by Tee Tateby Tee TateHow to Write an Autobiographical Novel: Essays, by Alexander Chee “Writing is a way of …
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The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) announced their Nebula Award winners on …
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The Drifters, by James Michener In middle school, I was curious about the 1971 bestseller on …
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Congratulations to the top ten Locus Award finalists announced yesterday by The Locus Science Fiction …
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Delayed Rays of a Star, by Amanda Lee Koe At a New Year’s Eve ball …
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my name on his tongue, by Laila Halaby Laila Halaby’s, my name on his tongue, …
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Litstack Recs | Without: Poems & The Kaiju Preservation Society
by Tee Tateby Tee TateWithout: Poems, by Donald Hall It doesn’t matter what I’m doing or what time of …
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An Unnecessary Woman, by Rabih Alameddine “I like outsiders,” Aaliya Sohbi tells us, “phantoms wandering …
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There’s a scene in Reality Bites (1994) where the main characters sing Scholastic Rock songs …
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Litstack Recs | On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous & Life On Mars
by Tee Tateby Tee TateOn Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous, A Novel by Ocean Vuong “One does not ‘pass’ in …
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Litstack Recs | The Sense and Sensibility Screenplay and Diaries & A Natural History of Dragons
by Tee Tateby Tee TateThe Sense and Sensibility Screenplay and Diaries, by Emma Thompson With Sunday’s 94th Academy Awards …
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Dear LitStackers, the Independent Press Awards 2022 have been awarded and my TBR list is …
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The Empathy Exams: Essays, by Leslie Jamison The Empathy Exams is a hybrid work of …
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Litstack Recs| Out of Place: A Memoir & God’s War
by Tee Tateby Tee TateOut of Place: A Memoir, by Edward Said Edward Said, the prolific author, political activist, …