Salman Rushdie’s account of his life and the fatwa brought against him on Valentine’s Day …
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The sensibility of this singular actor may have its push and pull, but among the …
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 Rec | The Coast of Chicago & Northernmost
The Coast of Chicago: Stories by Stuart Dybek I can still recall first reading Stuart …
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. …