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Desperate Characters, by Paula Fox This classic of literary fiction, written in 1970, is also …
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Litstack Recs: The Tall Book of Make-Believe & The Last Days of New Paris
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanForm Submission is restrictedForm is successfully submitted. Thank you!Form Submission is restrictedForm is successfully submitted. Thank you!The Tall Book of Make-Believe ed. Jane Werner Illustrated by Garth Williams Well beyond the …
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Blood Will Out, by Walter Kirn In Preston Sturges’ romantic comedy, “The Palm Beach Story,” …
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The Refugees: Stories, by Viet Thanh Nguyen Fans of The Sympathizer, Nguyen’s debut novel that …
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LitStack Recs: How to Read to Read a Sentence and How to Write One & American Elsewhere
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanForm Submission is restrictedForm is successfully submitted. Thank you!Form Submission is restrictedForm is successfully submitted. Thank you!How to Read to Read a Sentence and How to Write One, by Stanley Fish …
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I feel so blessed that I can “work” from home as a book reviewer, essayist …
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The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford If this novel had been published under the …
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Cutting Teeth, by Julia Fierro When my daughter was little, there was a sentiment among …
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A Time of Gifts: On Foot to Constantinople, by Patrick Leigh Fermor A classic of …
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In Remembrance – Four Years Gone: An Interview with Jay Lake
by Tee Tateby Tee TateForm Submission is restrictedForm is successfully submitted. Thank you!Form Submission is restrictedForm is successfully submitted. Thank you!“I love whom I love, and I am loved by more people than I …
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Persistence and the Writer’s Road: Lauren Alwan’s “An Amount of Discretion”
by Tee Tateby Tee TateForm Submission is restrictedForm is successfully submitted. Thank you!Form Submission is restrictedForm is successfully submitted. Thank you!When you are a creative type, staying in your own lane leads you places. For …
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Who Do You Love: Stories, by Jean Thompson In my favorite short stories, something singular …
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The Refugees: Stories, by Viet Thanh Nguyen In celebration of #ShortStoryMonth, this week’s rec looks …
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The Empty Family, by Colm Tóibín For #ShortStoryMonth, I’m recapping some favorite story collections—and chief …
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The Coast of Chicago by Stuart Dybek May is Short Story Month, so this month …
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Today at the dog park, one of the topics discussed by us “8:30 regulars” included …
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LitStack Recs: Passage to Ararat & Borderline
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanForm Submission is restrictedForm is successfully submitted. Thank you!Form Submission is restrictedForm is successfully submitted. Thank you!Passage to Ararat, by Michael J. Arlen Tuesday, April 24, marked a sober anniversary, 103 …
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LitStack Rec: Two Award-Winning Titles from WTAW Press & Born A Crime
by Tee Tateby Tee TateForm Submission is restrictedForm is successfully submitted. Thank you!Form Submission is restrictedForm is successfully submitted. Thank you!And There And There was Evening And There Was Morning, Essays on Illness, Loss, and …
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I get it. As You Like It is not considered one of Shakespeare’s best comedies. …
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Patrimony: A True Story, by Philip Roth Roth’s 1991 memoir charts the illness and death …
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Hamlet, as a work of literature, is a stunning enigma. One of the most readable …
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The City of Lost Fortunes A Crescent City novel Bryan Camp Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Release …
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Green Thoughts: A Writer in the Garden, by Eleanor Perényi If you’re a writer who …
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Celebrating Shakespeare: Who Wrote Shakespeare’s Plays, Anyway?
Form Submission is restrictedForm is successfully submitted. Thank you!Form Submission is restrictedForm is successfully submitted. Thank you!It’s April and for those of us at LitStack who happen to love Shakespeare, that …
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The Death of the Heart, by Elizabeth Bowen Even though it’s spring, there may be …
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This week, I’m reposting one of my very favorite Gimblings – a little poem I …
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Out of Place: A Memoir, by Edward Said Edward Said, the prolific author, political activist, …
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LitStack Rec: Arranged Marriage: Stories & This Case Is Gonna Kill Me
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanForm Submission is restrictedForm is successfully submitted. Thank you!Form Submission is restrictedForm is successfully submitted. Thank you!Arranged Marriage: Stories, by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Acclaimed poet, novelist, and story writer Chitra Banerjee …
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In the first telling of the tale, I don’t pick up the book at all. …
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Epilogue: A Memoir, by Will Boast Both a remembrance and a elegiac account of the …
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The Oysters of Locmariaquer, by Eleanor Clark Late in Eleanor Clark’s extraordinary book, she tells …
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LitStack Rec: I Hate to Leave This Beautiful Place & Siege Line
by Tee Tateby Tee TateForm Submission is restrictedForm is successfully submitted. Thank you!Form Submission is restrictedForm is successfully submitted. Thank you!I Hate to Leave This Beautiful Place: A Memoir, by Howard Norman Howard Norman’s memoir, I …
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The Films in My Life, by Francois Truffaut The revered French filmmaker, who would have …
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Litstack Rec: Thunderstruck & Other Stories & Kitchens of the Great Midwest
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanForm Submission is restrictedForm is successfully submitted. Thank you!Form Submission is restrictedForm is successfully submitted. Thank you!Thunderstruck & Other Stories, by Elizabeth McCracken Early on in Elizabeth McCracken’s extraordinary story collection, …
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Selected Stories, by William Trevor A volume of stories by William Trevor is a reader’s …
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Litstack Rec: Spielberg, Truffaut and Me & The Wanderers
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanForm Submission is restrictedForm is successfully submitted. Thank you!Form Submission is restrictedForm is successfully submitted. Thank you!Spielberg, Truffaut and Me: An Actor’s Diary, by Bob Balaban In the summer of 1976, …
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The Refugees: Stories, by Viet Thanh Nguyen Fans of The Sympathizer, Nguyen’s debut novel that …
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LitStack Rec: Werewolves in Their Youth & Safe From the Sea
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanForm Submission is restrictedForm is successfully submitted. Thank you!Form Submission is restrictedForm is successfully submitted. Thank you!Werewolves in Their Youth: Stories, by Michael Chabon Not all scary stories are for Halloween. …
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Life Drawing, by Robin Black “Nobody outside a marriage can understand it,” the narrator of …
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Are books, and stories, getting better? That is, are they getting richer, stronger, and more …
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Speedbumps: Flooring It Through Hollywood, by Teri Garr Think of Teri Garr, the legendary actress …
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Anna May Wong: From Laundryman’s Daughter to Hollywood Legend, by Graham Russell Gao Hodges Don’t …
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The Goldfinch, by Donna Tartt The reception Donna Tartt garnered for her third novel—it washer …
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Jerusalem: A Cookbook, by Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi Some cookbooks are defined by a …
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LitStack Rec: Out of Place & Landscape with Invisible Hand
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanForm Submission is restrictedForm is successfully submitted. Thank you!Form Submission is restrictedForm is successfully submitted. Thank you!Out of Place: A Memoir, by Edward Said Edward Said, the prolific author, political activist, …
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Blood Will Out, by Walter Kirn In Preston Sturges’ romantic comedy, “The Palm Beach Story,” …
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Manhood for Amateurs: The Pleasures and Regrets of a Husband, Father, and Son, essays by …
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Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life, by William Finnegan William Finnegan’s 2016 memoir begins with an …
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LitStack Rec: Little Failure: A Memoir & Back Roads and Frontal Lobes
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanForm Submission is restrictedForm is successfully submitted. Thank you!Form Submission is restrictedForm is successfully submitted. Thank you!Little Failure: A Memoir, by Gary Shteyngart “In order for me to be born,” Gary …