Wonder Woman Unbound The Curious History of the World’s Most Famous Heroine Tim Hanley College …
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Vanity Fair William Makepeace Thackeray The mid-nineteenth century didn’t have reality television, but it did …
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LitStack Recs: Presidential Summer Reading List & Take Away the A
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanThe Presidential Summer Reading List As The Hill reported last week, President Barack Obama chose …
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LitStack Recs: A Brief Look at Father Memoirs & Blueberry Girl
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanA Brief Look at Father Memoirs Stories that center on fathers have a distinct place …
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LitStack Recs: Dept. of Speculation and Tri Star
by Tee Tateby Tee TateDept. of Speculation, by Jenny Offill With the release of Jenny Offill’s acclaimed second novel, …
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LitStack Rec: The Empty Family & Baseball’s Great Experiment
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanThe Empty Family, by Colm Tóibín The Empty Family, Colm Tóibín’s most recent collection of …
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Brooklyn, by Colm Toibin Toibin’s 2009 novel, which won that year’s Costa Award, is a …
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LitstackRecs: The Best American Essays & World’s Collider
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanThe Best American Essays, 2013, edited by Cheryl Strayed The Best American series, which in …
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LitStack Recs: Company of Liars & Life Would be Perfect if I Lived in That House
by Tee Tateby Tee TateLife Would be Perfect if I Lived in That House Meghan Daum The moral of …
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Spring and All, William Carlos Willams In the frenzy that was my final term of …
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LitStack Recs: my name on his tongue & Never Let Me Go
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren Alwanmy name on his tongue, by Laila Halaby In her first book of poetry, published …
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LitStack Rec: Thunderstruck & Other Stories & Baseball’s Great Experiment
by Tee Tateby Tee TateThunderstruck & Other Stories, by Elizabeth McCracken Early on in Elizabeth McCracken’s extraordinary story collection, …
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LitStack Recs: The Coast of Chicago & The Dovekeepers
by Tee Tateby Tee TateThe Coast of Chicago by Stuart Dybek I can still recall first reading Stuart Dybek’s …
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LitStack Recs: Without & Three Parts Dead
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanWithout Donald Hall This book is the one of the few that, when I pick …
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LitStack Rec: Wolf Hall & In Ashes Lie
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanWolf Hall Hilary Mantel Mantel’s novel, which appeared in 2012 and has gone on to …
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LitStack Recs: Bartleby, The Scrivener & The Emperor’s Blades
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanBartleby, the Scrivener, by Herman Melville Overworked employees, endless legal documents to be copied, the …
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LitStack Rec: These Charming People & Broken Monsters
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanThese Charming People, stories by Michael Arlen In the period just after World War One, …
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LitStack Rec: Who Do You Love: Stories & The Name of the Wind
by Tee Tateby Tee TateWho Do You Love: Stories, by Jean Thompson My favorite short stories all seem to …
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LitStack Recs: The Custom of the Country & The Quick
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanThe Custom of the Country, by Edith Wharton I knew from the start that things …
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Books on my 2015 TBR List The new year has arrived. So has a new …
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LitStack Recs: Favorite Reads of 2014 & Wolf in White Van
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanMy Favorite Reads of 2014 So many great books this year makes a tiered list …
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LitStack Recs: The Empathy Exams & The Private Diary of Mr. Darcy
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanThe Empathy Exams: Essays, by Leslie Jamison 2014 is being called the year of the …
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LitStack Rec: Havanas in Camelot & Wayward Saints
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanHavanas in Camelot: Personal Essays, by William Styron Though William Styron is best know for …
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The Pretty Girl, a novella and stories, by Debra Spark. In Spark’s 2012 collection, the …
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LitStack Rec: Back Roads and Frontal Lobes & The Postman Always Rings Twice
by Tee Tateby Tee TateBack Roads and Frontal Lobes Brady Allen I cannot think of a better book to …
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LitStack Recs: Little Failure: A Memoir & The Company
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanLittle Failure: A Memoir, by Gary Shteyngart “In order for me to be born,” Gary …
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Brooklyn, by Colm Toibin Toibin’s 2009 novel, which won that year’s Costa Award, is a …
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LitStack Recs: Ship Fever: Stories & The Tyrant’s Law
by Tee Tateby Tee TateShip Fever: Stories, by Andrea Barrett It’s been called the Oscars of the book world, and …
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The Master, by Colm Tóibín I was only a page or so into Colm Tóibín’s …
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LitStack Recs: Writing Craft Books & My Real Children
by Tee Tateby Tee TateA Brief Look at Three Books on Writing Craft —Lauren Alwan When it comes to …
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Wonder Woman Unbound The Curious History of the World’s Most Famous Heroine Tim Hanley College …
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Litstack Rec: My Misspent Youth & Down to the Last Pitch
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanMy Misspent Youth, essays by Meghan Daum My introduction to Daum and her essays was …
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LitStack Rec: Dept. of Speculation and To Rise Again at a Decent Hour
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanDept. of Speculation, by Jenny Offill With the release of Jenny Offill’s acclaimed second novel, …