Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays, by Zadie Smith As an essay reader, and writer, I …
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Litstack recs | Joseph Anton, by Salman Rushdie and The Burning Light, by Bradley P. Beaulieu and Rob Ziegler
Salman Rushdie’s account of his life and the fatwa brought against him on Valentine’s Day …
In this collection, published in 2006, Prose offers close readings on developing the art of …
Horror is a kind of hybrid form that depends on shock, fear, and sometimes repulsion, …
Litstack Recs | The Refugees, Stories by Viet Thanh Nguyen & The Wonder by Emma Donoghue
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How Fiction Works, by James Wood. When it comes to books on the craft of …
Desperate Characters, by Paula Fox This classic of literary fiction, written in 1970, is also …
A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L’Engle, a rec for #BannedBooksWeek This classic novel, number …
The Sheltering Sky, by Paul Bowles Bowles is one of my favorite writers. His prose …
Litstack Recs | We the Animals & Kitchens of the Great Midwest
Called “a dark jewel of a book,” by Michael Cunningham, We the Animals, the 2011 …
Litstack Recs| How to Write a Sentence: And How to Read One & We Were Dreamers
For writers and readers, the sentence is the coin of the realm, the catch that …
Litstack Recs | The Wrong End of the Telescope & Company Town
The Wrong End of the Telescope: a novel by Rabih Alameddine Rabih Alameddine’s sixth book, …
Litstack Recs | Green Thoughts: A Writer in the Garden & The Last Wish – Introducing the Witcher
Green Thoughts: A Writer in the Garden, by Eleanor Perényi Writing and gardening share similarities: …
Litstack Recs| The Love of a Good Woman & The Red
The Love of a Good Woman, stories by Alice Munro The short story has few …
Litstack Recs | The Films in My Life & Six-Gun Snow White
The Films in My Life, by Francois Truffaut We are lucky that Francois Truffaut was …
Litstack Recs | Two titles from WTAW Press & Ninefox Gambit
Two Titles From WTAW Press The Groundhog Forever, by Henry Hoke In Henry Hoke’s debut …
Litstack Recs | The Good Soldier & If You Build It…
The Good Soldier, by Ford Madox Ford If this novel had been published under the …
Litstack Recs | The UnAmericans & All the Horses of Iceland
The UnAmericans: Stories by Molly Antopol There’s a literary lineage to the strands of Jewish …
Less, a novel: by Andrew Sean Greer Less, the author’s sixth book and fifth novel, …
Litstack Recs | Fairyland: A Memoir of My Father & Time Salvager
Fairyland: A Memoir of My Father, by Alysia Abbott “The truth is,” Alysia Abbott writes …
Litstack Recs | The Custom of the Country & The Resisters
The Custom of the Country Edith Wharton I knew from the start that things would go …
A Writer’s Notebook by Somerset Maugham Like most writers, I keep a notebook—not a journal, …
Litstack Recs | Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life & Monarca
Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life, by William Finnegan William Finnegan’s 2016 memoir begins with an …
Litstack Recs | How to Write an Autobiographical Novel & When Women Were Dragons
How to Write an Autobiographical Novel: Essays, by Alexander Chee “Writing is a way of …
The Drifters, by James Michener In middle school, I was curious about the 1971 bestseller on …
Delayed Rays of a Star, by Amanda Lee Koe At a New Year’s Eve ball …
my name on his tongue, by Laila Halaby Laila Halaby’s, my name on his tongue, …
Litstack Recs | Without: Poems & The Kaiju Preservation Society
Without: Poems, by Donald Hall It doesn’t matter what I’m doing or what time of …
An Unnecessary Woman, by Rabih Alameddine “I like outsiders,” Aaliya Sohbi tells us, “phantoms wandering …
Litstack Recs | On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous & Life On Mars
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous, A Novel by Ocean Vuong “One does not ‘pass’ in …
Litstack Recs | The Sense and Sensibility Screenplay and Diaries & A Natural History of Dragons
The Sense and Sensibility Screenplay and Diaries, by Emma Thompson With Sunday’s 94th Academy Awards …
Shout Her Lovely Name, by Natalie Serber In the title story to Natalie Serber’s debut …
The Empathy Exams: Essays, by Leslie Jamison The Empathy Exams is a hybrid work of …
Litstack Recs| Out of Place: A Memoir & God’s War
Out of Place: A Memoir, by Edward Said Edward Said, the prolific author, political activist, …
Litstack Recs| Arranged Marriage & The Unfamiliar Garden
Arranged Marriage: Stories, by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni The eleven stories in Arranged Marriage reveal Chitra …
Far From the Madding Crowd, by Thomas Hardy First published in 1874, Hardy’s novel of …
Who Do You Love: Stories, by Jean Thompson This year marks the twenty-third anniversary of …
Litstack Rec | The Man with Eight Pairs of Legs & The Dead Lands
Among the terrific releases from indie publishers this month is Leslie Kirk Campbell’s debut story …
This Boy’s Life: A Memoir, by Tobias Wolff First published in 1989, Tobias Wolff’s This Boy’s …
Litstack Recs | The Portable Veblen & The Other Americans
The Portable Veblen, by Elizabeth Mckenzie By way of Anne Lamott, we know the novelist …
Tinkers, by Paul Harding Paul Harding’s Tinkers, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 2010, tells …
Fairyland: A Memoir of My Father, by Alysia Abbott “The truth is,” Alysia Abbot writes …
Litstack Recs | Little Failure & Light from Uncommon Stars
Little Failure: A Memoir, by Gary Shteyngart “In order for me to be born,” Gary …
Litstack Recs | Laura Lamont’s Life in Pictures & The Last House on Needless Street
Laura Lamont’s Life in Pictures, by Emma Straub Those captivated by Old Hollywood will surely …
Litstack Recs | Light Years & The Expanse Series
Light Years, by James Salter First published in 1975, this novel is considered among James …
Litstack Recs | The Oysters of Locmariaquer & A Spindle Splintered
The Oysters of Locmariaquer, by Eleanor Clark Late in Eleanor Clark’s extraordinary book, she tells …
Litstack Rec |How to Write a Sentence and How to Read One & Frankie & Bug
How to Read to Read a Sentence and How to Write One, by Stanley Fish …
With the Marvel Cinematic Universe in high production, high-level sci-fi productions of The Expanse and …
Litstack Recs | The Postman Always Rings Twice & To Rise Again at a Decent Hour
The Postman Always Rings Twice, by James M. Cain A Classic for #NovemberNoir James M. …
Litstack Recs | Werewolves in Their Youth & A History of What Comes Next
Werewolves in Their Youth: Stories, by Michael Chabon Michael Chabon’s Werewolves in Their Youth isn’t …