Anna May Wong: From Laundryman’s Daughter to Hollywood Legend, by Graham Russell Gao Hodges Don’t …
LitStack Recs
LitStack Rec: Changing My Mind & Hunger Makes the Wolf
Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays, by Zadie Smith This collection of essays came about by …
Crash Course: essays from where writing and life collide, by Robin Black The third book …
Litstack Recs: Life Would be Perfect if I Lived in That House & A Natural History of Dragons
Life Would be Perfect if I Lived in That House, by Meghan Daum The moral …
Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life, by William Finnegan William Finnegan’s 2016 memoir begins with an …
Bridge, by Robert Thomas “Welcome to the prayer-strewn pews of my brain,” Alice, the narrator …
The Pink Suit, by Nicole Mary Kelby Few garments have come to define a moment …
The Places In-Between, by Rory Stewart In 2002, Rory Stewart made a walk across Afghanistan …
Out of Place: A Memoir, by Edward Said Edward Said, the prolific author, political activist, …
Manhood for Amateurs: The Pleasures and Regrets of a Husband, Father, and Son, essays by …
LitStack Recs: The Death of the Heart & The Story of Ferdinand the Bull
The Death of the Heart, by Elizabeth Bowen Dig out your angora muffler and your …
This Boy’s Life: A Memoir, by Tobias Wolff First published in 1989, Tobias Wolff’s This Boy’s …
These Charming People, stories by Michael Arlen In the period just after World War One, …
How Fiction Works, by James Wood. When it comes to books on the craft of …
LitStack Recs: Tinkers & View From the Cheap Seats
Tinkers, by Paul Harding In the novels I love most, the story is ultimately about …
Old Man Logan Jeff Lemire, Writer Andrea Sorrentino, Artist One good thing that happened in …
Without Donald Hall This book is the only one that when picked up, is read …
LitStack Recs: Far From the Madding Crowd & The Lost Child of Lychford
Far From the Madding Crowd, by Thomas Hardy Hardy’s novel of romantic entanglements and farming …
Nora Webster by Colm Tóibín At the heart of Colm Tóibín‘s new novel is the story …
A Writer’s Notebook by Somerset Maugham Somerset Maugham’s A Writer’s Notebook was first published in …
LitStack Rec: Laura Lamont’s Life in Pictures & Alif the Unseen
Laura Lamont’s Life in Pictures by Emma Straub Readers captivated by Old Hollywood are sure …
LitStack Recs: Dreams From My Father & A Fort of Nine Towers
Dreams From My Father, by Barack Obama Stories that center on fathers have a distinct …
The Films in My Life, by Francois Truffaut The revered French filmmaker, who died in …
LitStack Recs: Manhood for Amateurs & Zombie Baseball Beatdown
Manhood for Amateurs: The Pleasures and Regrets of a Husband, Father, and Son, essays by …
The Good Soldier, by Ford Madox Ford If this novel had been published under the …
Spielberg, Truffaut and Me – An Actor’s Diary, by Bob Balaban In the summer of …
The Firefox Book, by Elliot Wigginton (editor) A perfect book for #throwbackthursday, this compendium of …
Green Thoughts: A Writer in the Garden, by Eleanor Perényi If you’re a writer who …
Dept. of Speculation, by Jenny Offill With the release of Jenny Offill’s acclaimed second novel, …
The Marriage Plot, by Jeffery Eugenides “Heartbreak is funny to everyone but the heartbroken.” That …
Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life, by William Finnegan William Finnegan took his time writing this …
LitStaff Rec: Blood Will Out & Zombie Baseball Beatdown
Blood Will Out, by Walter Kirn In Preston Sturges’ romantic comedy, “The Palm Beach Story,” …
Blue Nights, by Joan Didion Joan Didion’s books have had a titanic effect on me, …
The Patrick Melrose Novels, by Edward St. Aubyn Edward St. Aubyn’s four novels, Never Mind, …
LitStack Recs: The Lesson of the Master & Ordinary Grace
The Lesson of the Master, by Henry James Colm Tóibín, in his introduction to the …
The Oxford-Duden Pictorial English Dictionary (Second Edition, Oxford University Press) This week’s recommendation is obviously …
Cutting Teeth, by Julia Fierro When my daughter was little, there was a universally acknowledged …
Out of Place: A Memoir, by Edward Said Edward Said, the prolific author, political activist, …
LitStack Rec: The Oysters of Locmariaquer & Thief’s Magic
The Oysters of Locmariaquer, by Eleanor Clark Late in Eleanor Clark’s extraordinary book, she tells …
LitStack Recs: Paris Stories & Javelin Rain
Paris Stories, by Mavis Gallant In this month of celebrating the short story (#ShortStoryMonth), there …
LitStack Recs: Who Do You Love & Beautiful Music for Ugly Children
Who Do You Love: Stories, by Jean Thompson May is #ShortStoryMonth, and this is third …
LitStack Recs: The Love of a Good Woman & The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
The Love of A Good Woman, stories by Alice Munro The short story has few …
LitStack Recs: Thunderstruck & Other Stories & Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
Thunderstruck & Other Stories, by Elizabeth McCracken With April declared National Poetry Month, May is …
On Memoirs of Place: A Quick List I always appreciate a good memoir that centers …
my name on his tongue, by Laila Halaby In the climate of inflamed rhetoric about …
Crash Course: essays from where writing and life collide, by Robin Black The third book …
Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays Zadie Smith This collection of essays came about by accident, …
How to Read a Sentence and How to Write One, by Stanley Fish The sentence …
The Empty Family, by Colm Tóibín Colm Tóibín’s story collection, The Empty Family (released January …
LitStack Rec: The Custom of the Country & The Magicians Trilogy
The Custom of the Country Edith Wharton I knew from the start that things would …