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    Litstack Recs | The Dead Fish Museum & Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow

    by Lauren Alwan & Sharon Browning 13 January, 2023
    by Lauren Alwan & Sharon Browning 13 January, 2023

    The Dead Fish Museum: Stories, by Charles D’Ambrosio Of Charles D’Ambrosio and his 2006 story …

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    LitStack Recs | Tinkers & Pet

    by Lauren Alwan & Sharon Browning 30 December, 2022
    by Lauren Alwan & Sharon Browning 30 December, 2022

    Tinkers, by Paul Harding Paul Harding’s Tinkers, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 2010, tells …

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    Litstack Recs | Jerusalem:  A Cookbook and All Our Wrong Todays

    by Lauren Alwan 2 December, 2022
    by Lauren Alwan 2 December, 2022

    Jerusalem:  A Cookbook, by Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi. Some cookbooks are defined by a …

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    Litstack Recs | Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays & Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow

    by Lauren Alwan & Sharon Browning 17 November, 2022
    by Lauren Alwan & Sharon Browning 17 November, 2022

    Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays, by Zadie Smith As an essay reader, and writer, I …

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    Litstack Recs I Reading Like a Writer & Twisted Fairy Tales

    by Lauren Alwan & Sharon Browning 28 October, 2022
    by Lauren Alwan & Sharon Browning 28 October, 2022

    In this collection, published in 2006, Prose offers close readings on developing the art of …

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    LitStack Recs | Tiny Nightmares: Very Short Tales of Horror & Till the End

    by Lauren Alwan & Sharon Browning 21 October, 2022
    by Lauren Alwan & Sharon Browning 21 October, 2022

    Horror is a kind of hybrid form that depends on shock, fear, and sometimes repulsion, …

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    litstack Recs | How Fiction Works & Shadow Run

    by LitStack Editor 7 October, 2022
    by LitStack Editor 7 October, 2022

    How Fiction Works,  by James Wood. When it comes to books on the craft of …

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    Litstack Recs | A Wrinkle in Time & Sisters

    by Tee Tate 23 September, 2022
    by Tee Tate 23 September, 2022

    A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L’Engle, a rec for #BannedBooksWeek This classic novel, number …

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    Litstack Recs | We the Animals & Kitchens of the Great Midwest

    by Tee Tate 2 September, 2022
    by Tee Tate 2 September, 2022

    Called “a dark jewel of a book,” by Michael Cunningham, We the Animals, the 2011 …

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    Litstack Recs| How to Write a Sentence: And How to Read One & We Were Dreamers

    by Tee Tate 26 August, 2022
    by Tee Tate 26 August, 2022

    For writers and readers, the sentence is the coin of the realm, the catch that …

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    Litstack Recs | The Wrong End of the Telescope & Company Town

    by Tee Tate 19 August, 2022
    by Tee Tate 19 August, 2022

    The Wrong End of the Telescope: a novel by Rabih Alameddine Rabih Alameddine’s sixth book, …

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    Litstack Recs | Green Thoughts: A Writer in the Garden & The Last Wish – Introducing the Witcher

    by Tee Tate 12 August, 2022
    by Tee Tate 12 August, 2022

    Green Thoughts: A Writer in the Garden, by Eleanor Perényi Writing and gardening share similarities: …

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    Litstack Recs| The Love of a Good Woman & The Red

    by Tee Tate 5 August, 2022
    by Tee Tate 5 August, 2022

    The Love of a Good Woman, stories by Alice Munro The short story has few …

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    Litstack Recs | The Films in My Life & Six-Gun Snow White

    by Lauren Alwan 22 July, 2022
    by Lauren Alwan 22 July, 2022

    The Films in My Life, by Francois Truffaut We are lucky that Francois Truffaut was …

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    Litstack Recs | Two titles from WTAW Press & Ninefox Gambit

    by Tee Tate 15 July, 2022
    by Tee Tate 15 July, 2022

    Two 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 Tate 8 July, 2022
    by Tee Tate 8 July, 2022

    The 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 Tate 1 July, 2022
    by Tee Tate 1 July, 2022

    The UnAmericans: Stories by Molly Antopol There’s a literary lineage to the strands of Jewish …

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    Litstack Recs | Less & A Wild Sheep Chase

    by Tee Tate 24 June, 2022
    by Tee Tate 24 June, 2022

    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 Tate 17 June, 2022
    by Tee Tate 17 June, 2022

    Fairyland: A Memoir of My Father, by Alysia Abbott “The truth is,” Alysia Abbott writes …

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    Litstack Recs | The Custom of the Country & The Resisters

    by Tee Tate 10 June, 2022
    by Tee Tate 10 June, 2022

    The Custom of the Country Edith Wharton I knew from the start that things would go …

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    Litstack Recs| A Writer’s Notebook & Dog Days

    by Tee Tate 3 June, 2022
    by Tee Tate 3 June, 2022

    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 Alwan 27 May, 2022
    by Lauren Alwan 27 May, 2022

    Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life, by William Finnegan William Finnegan’s 2016 memoir begins with an …

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    Litstack Recs | How to Write an Autobiographical Novel & When Women Were Dragons

    by Tee Tate 24 May, 2022
    by Tee Tate 24 May, 2022

    How to Write an Autobiographical Novel: Essays, by Alexander Chee “Writing is a way of …

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    Litstack Recs | Delayed Rays of a Star & Space Opera

    by Lauren Alwan 6 May, 2022
    by Lauren Alwan 6 May, 2022

    Delayed Rays of a Star, by Amanda Lee Koe At a New Year’s Eve ball …

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    Litstack Recs| my name on his tongue & Feed

    by Tee Tate 29 April, 2022
    by Tee Tate 29 April, 2022

    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 Tate 22 April, 2022
    by Tee Tate 22 April, 2022

    Without: Poems, by Donald Hall It doesn’t matter what I’m doing or what time of …

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    Litstack Recs | On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous & Life On Mars

    by Tee Tate 7 April, 2022
    by Tee Tate 7 April, 2022

    On 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 Tate 25 March, 2022
    by Tee Tate 25 March, 2022

    The Sense and Sensibility Screenplay and Diaries, by Emma Thompson With Sunday’s 94th Academy Awards …

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    Litstack Recs | The Empathy Exams & Age of Ash

    by Tee Tate 11 March, 2022
    by Tee Tate 11 March, 2022

    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 Tate 4 March, 2022
    by Tee Tate 4 March, 2022

    Out 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 Tate 25 February, 2022
    by Tee Tate 25 February, 2022

    Arranged Marriage: Stories, by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni The eleven stories in Arranged Marriage reveal Chitra …

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    Litstack Recs – Who Do You Love & Comfort Me With Apples

    by Tee Tate 11 February, 2022
    by Tee Tate 11 February, 2022

    Who Do You Love: Stories, by Jean Thompson This year marks the twenty-third anniversary of …

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    Litstack Rec | The Man with Eight Pairs of Legs & The Dead Lands

    by Tee Tate 4 February, 2022
    by Tee Tate 4 February, 2022

    Among the terrific releases from indie publishers this month is Leslie Kirk Campbell’s debut story …

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    Litstack Recs | This Boy’s Life & Wintering

    by Tee Tate 28 January, 2022
    by Tee Tate 28 January, 2022

    This Boy’s Life: A Memoir, by Tobias Wolff  First published in 1989, Tobias Wolff’s This Boy’s …

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    Litstack Recs | The Portable Veblen & The Other Americans

    by Lauren Alwan 14 January, 2022
    by Lauren Alwan 14 January, 2022

    The Portable Veblen, by Elizabeth Mckenzie By way of Anne Lamott, we know the novelist …

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    Litstack rec | Tinkers & Sistersong

    by Tee Tate 7 January, 2022
    by Tee Tate 7 January, 2022

    Tinkers, by Paul Harding Paul Harding’s Tinkers, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 2010, tells …

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    LitStack Recs| Fairyland & The Once and Future Witches

    by Sharon Browning 31 December, 2021
    by Sharon Browning 31 December, 2021

    Fairyland: A Memoir of My Father, by Alysia Abbott “The truth is,” Alysia Abbot writes …

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    Litstack Recs | Little Failure & Light from Uncommon Stars

    by Tee Tate 17 December, 2021
    by Tee Tate 17 December, 2021

    Little 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 Alwan 10 December, 2021
    by Lauren Alwan 10 December, 2021

    Laura Lamont’s Life in Pictures, by Emma Straub Those captivated by Old Hollywood will surely …

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    Litstack Recs | The Oysters of Locmariaquer & A Spindle Splintered

    by Lauren Alwan 19 November, 2021
    by Lauren Alwan 19 November, 2021

    The Oysters of Locmariaquer, by Eleanor Clark Late in Eleanor Clark’s extraordinary book, she tells …

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    Litstack Rec |How to Write a Sentence and How to Read One & Frankie & Bug

    by Lauren Alwan 12 November, 2021
    by Lauren Alwan 12 November, 2021

    How to Read to Read a Sentence and How to Write One, by Stanley Fish …

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    Fantasy Series to Feed Your Need

    by Tee Tate 9 November, 2021
    by Tee Tate 9 November, 2021

    With the Marvel Cinematic Universe in high production, high-level sci-fi productions of The Expanse and …

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    Litstack Rec | A Writer’s Notebook & Shadow Run

    by Lauren Alwan 21 October, 2021
    by Lauren Alwan 21 October, 2021

    A Writer’s Notebook by Somerset Maugham Like most writers, I keep a notebook—not a journal, …

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    Litstack Recs | The Love of A Good Woman & Sisters of the Vast Black

    by Tee Tate 15 October, 2021
    by Tee Tate 15 October, 2021

    The Love of A Good Woman, Stories by Alice Munro The short story has few …

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    Litstack Rec |Spielberg, Truffaut, and Me: An Actor’s Diary & American Born Chinese

    by Tee Tate 7 October, 2021
    by Tee Tate 7 October, 2021

    Spielberg, Truffaut, and Me: An Actor’s Diary, by Bob Balaban In the summer of 1976, …

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    Litstack Recs| Olive Kitteridge & Aetherbound

    by Lauren Alwan 17 September, 2021
    by Lauren Alwan 17 September, 2021

    Olive Kitteridge, by Elizabeth Strout “Stories about women in houses are the real stories of …

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    Litstack Recs | Stoner & If You Build It

    by Lauren Alwan 10 September, 2021
    by Lauren Alwan 10 September, 2021

    Stoner, by John Williams When it was first published, John Williams’ 1965 novel went out …

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    Litstack Recs| Commonwealth & Black Water Sister

    by Lauren Alwan 3 September, 2021
    by Lauren Alwan 3 September, 2021

    Commonwealth, by Ann Patchett Of divorce, Nicole Krauss wrote, “One of us held on to …

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    LitStack Recs – Blood Will Out & Gideon the Ninth

    by Tee Tate 27 August, 2021
    by Tee Tate 27 August, 2021

    Blood Will Out: The True Story of a Murder, a Mystery, and a Masquerade, by …

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    Litstack Recs | Two New Titles Slated for The Moneybunnies Series & Zombie Baseball Beatdown

    by Tee Tate 12 August, 2021
    by Tee Tate 12 August, 2021

    The Moneybunnies Series, by Cinders McLeod Toronto-based author and cartoonist Cinders McLeod has come up …

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