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, …
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Litstack Recs| Arranged Marriage & The Unfamiliar Garden
by Tee Tateby Tee TateArranged Marriage: Stories, by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni The eleven stories in Arranged Marriage reveal Chitra …
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Far From the Madding Crowd, by Thomas Hardy First published in 1874, Hardy’s novel of …
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I’ve been writing since I was a kid. (That’s a very long time. I’m old, …
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Who Do You Love: Stories, by Jean Thompson This year marks the twenty-third anniversary of …
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The Wizarding World of Harry Potter in Orlando is a fantastic park to visit for …
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Litstack Rec | The Man with Eight Pairs of Legs & The Dead Lands
by Tee Tateby Tee TateAmong the terrific releases from indie publishers this month is Leslie Kirk Campbell’s debut story …
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Everyone has an opinion. Especially writers. We’ve been around enough writers to know that we …
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This Boy’s Life: A Memoir, by Tobias Wolff First published in 1989, Tobias Wolff’s This Boy’s …
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Review | The Man with Eight Pairs of Legs: stories by Leslie Kirk Campbell
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanThe Man with Eight Pairs of Legs, stories by Leslie Kirk Campbell Sarabande Books (February …
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Litstack Recs | The Portable Veblen & The Other Americans
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanThe Portable Veblen, by Elizabeth Mckenzie By way of Anne Lamott, we know the novelist …
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The Scene 1970s Manhattan, a city falling apart. The main character: Carmen Valdez, is a …
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Tinkers, by Paul Harding Paul Harding’s Tinkers, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 2010, tells …
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Fairyland: A Memoir of My Father, by Alysia Abbott “The truth is,” Alysia Abbot writes …
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A Spectacular Decade – the Expanse Series Closes with Leviathan Falls
As an avid science fiction reader, in 2011 I picked up a copy of James …
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Six memorable debuts of literary fiction and nonfiction Disappearing Earth, by Julia Phlllips In Julia …
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Litstack Recs | Little Failure & Light from Uncommon Stars
by Tee Tateby Tee TateLittle Failure: A Memoir, by Gary Shteyngart “In order for me to be born,” Gary …
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Litstack Recs | Laura Lamont’s Life in Pictures & The Last House on Needless Street
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanLaura Lamont’s Life in Pictures, by Emma Straub Those captivated by Old Hollywood will surely …
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Litstack Recs | Light Years & The Expanse Series
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanLight Years, by James Salter First published in 1975, this novel is considered among James …
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Litstack Recs | The Oysters of Locmariaquer & A Spindle Splintered
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanThe Oysters of Locmariaquer, by Eleanor Clark Late in Eleanor Clark’s extraordinary book, she tells …
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Congrats to our friend former SFWA President, Cat Rambo on the launch of her latest …
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Litstack Rec |How to Write a Sentence and How to Read One & Frankie & Bug
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanHow to Read to Read a Sentence and How to Write One, by Stanley Fish …
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Time wears away at memory, it leaves behind what was important, and you were happy. …
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With the Marvel Cinematic Universe in high production, high-level sci-fi productions of The Expanse and …
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Litstack Recs | The Postman Always Rings Twice & To Rise Again at a Decent Hour
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanThe Postman Always Rings Twice, by James M. Cain A Classic for #NovemberNoir James M. …
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Litstack Recs | Werewolves in Their Youth & A History of What Comes Next
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanWerewolves in Their Youth: Stories, by Michael Chabon Michael Chabon’s Werewolves in Their Youth isn’t …
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Harriet Tubman: Demon Slayer Written/Created by David Crownson Illustrated by Courtland Ellis One of the …
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Litstack Rec | A Writer’s Notebook & Shadow Run
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanA Writer’s Notebook by Somerset Maugham Like most writers, I keep a notebook—not a journal, …
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Nebula-nominated Beth Cato is the author of the Clockwork Dagger duology and the Blood of …
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Not Your Average Hot Guy: A Novel, by Gwenda Bond St. Martin’s Griffin (October 5, …
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Litstack Recs | The Love of A Good Woman & Sisters of the Vast Black
by Tee Tateby Tee TateThe Love of A Good Woman, Stories by Alice Munro The short story has few …
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Fiction is an amazing tool of escapism. With it, we dive into worlds that exist …
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Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah has been awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize for Literature. In presenting …
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Litstack Rec |Spielberg, Truffaut, and Me: An Actor’s Diary & American Born Chinese
by Tee Tateby Tee TateSpielberg, Truffaut, and Me: An Actor’s Diary, by Bob Balaban In the summer of 1976, …
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It’s happened to you before. You’re invested in a great book, in the flux and …
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Natasha Romanoff aka Black Widow is a loner. It’s right there in the name: the …
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The grammatically awkward in music, via Twitter Grammarians, beware. Over on Twitter, Patricia Smith—poet, spoken-word …
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Linda Nagata is a science fiction and fantasy writer from Hawaii, with seventeen novels and …
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When Marvel’s What If…? was announced as a Disney+ series, my inner fangirl was filled …
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A Terrible Fall of Angels, by Laurell K. Hamilton I admit it. I was one …
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It’s such a wonderful time to be a writer. Years ago- not that long ago, …
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Olive Kitteridge, by Elizabeth Strout “Stories about women in houses are the real stories of …
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WEREWORLD released digitally on 9/14 Acclaimed author Benjamin Percy (The Dark Net, The Wilding, Red …
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Sometimes, when we love a great book, we feel the smallest bit of dissatisfaction at …
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Stoner, by John Williams When it was first published, John Williams’ 1965 novel went out …
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LitChat Interview| Tina Moss: Chief Operating Officer, City Owl Press
by Tee Tateby Tee TateIn keeping with providing you writer types with the best intel on the industry and …
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Tin House Books Reading Nonfiction Subs
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanA great opportunity for nonfiction writers! Three times per year, Tin House Books offers a …
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Commonwealth, by Ann Patchett Of divorce, Nicole Krauss wrote, “One of us held on to …
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Blood Will Out: The True Story of a Murder, a Mystery, and a Masquerade, by …