An Inspiring Read for National Poetry Month | “On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous”
A Story Deepened by a Poetic SensibilityA Legacy of Mixed HeritageSeeing Personal History Through the Prisms of War and ErasureThe...
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A Brilliant 10 for “Linesman” – Revisiting Ean Lambert’s Singing in the Novel by S.K. Dunstall
LinesmanS. K. Dunstall*Ace BooksRelease Date: June 30, 2015ISBN 978-0-425-27952-6 The Best Books are Timeless. Is Linesman?You Need to Get One...
Revisiting Sophie’s Choice – Is Sophie’s Choice a True Story?
Modern Library Novel Challenge #96Sophie’s ChoiceWilliam StyronVintageISBN-10: 0679736379 1979 Bantam edition ▬ᴥ▬ I first read Sophie’s Choice in a Bantam...
Litstack Recs | Three Memoirs for Women’s History Month & The Terraformers
For #WomensHistoryMonth, here are three memoirs that portray a range of women's lives, from mid-century summers in Brittany, to pre-9/11...
Celebrating Women’s History Month: Great Documentaries About Greater Women
Happy International Women's Day! We're so proud to celebrate this month and this day with each of you and to...
Litstack Recs | Three Great Short Story Collections for Women’s History Month & Monarca
Three Great Short Story Collections for Women's History Month For #WomensHistoryMonth, here are three classic story collections by women who...
Featured Author Review: ‘The Giver’ by Lois Lowry
LITSTACK'S FEATURED AUTHOR REVIEW The GiverLois LowryPublished in 1993 from Bantam Books This post has been updated from an earlier...
Celebrating Women’s History Month: 5 Great Literary Heroines
This month, we're taking some time to celebrate women; the female characters in our favorite books, and the women who...
Litstack Recs | The Candy House & Born A Crime
The Candy House: a novel, by Jennifer Egan This intricate novel of futurism, connection, love and attachment—like the social media...
Litstack Recs | Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman & The Grind
Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman, with a foreword by Emma Thompson. Edited by Alan Taylor “Of all the...
The Hats Worn by the Hat in Flannery O’Connor’s “Everything That Rises Must Converge”
(O’Connor, Flannery. “Everything That Rises Must Converge.” The Complete Stories. New York: Farrar, 1993. 405-420. "Everything That Rises Must Converge,"...
Vote for your favorite 2022 Haunting Hook!
In their latest writing contest, Dictionary.com spotlights some haunting prose We love Dictionary.com for the vast store of ways they...
Cosplay: A History by Andrew Liptak
From dressing up for Halloween, to donning appropriate period attire for the local Renaissance Festival, to gearing up for genre-focused...
Featured Author Review: The Art of Prophecy by Wesley Chu
Wesley Chu is a master at taking what in other hands would be complex, convoluted stories and making them accessible...
Featured Author Review: The Lives of Tao by Wesley Chu
Welcome, LitStackers, to a new month and our old favorite, the Featured Author segment. This month, we're celebrating the works...
11 Lesser-Known Fairy Tales
For lovers of the fairy-tale tradition, from Mental Floss, a collection of fairy tales beyond ‘Cinderella’ and ‘Sleeping Beauty.' Read...
Litstack Recs| my name on his tongue & Feed
my name on his tongue, by Laila Halaby Laila Halaby’s, my name on his tongue, her first book of poetry,...
Hiding a Perilous Truth: James Tate Hill’s Blind Man’s Bluff
Blind Man's Bluff: A Memoir, by James Tate Hill For this week's rec, we're revisiting James Tate Hill's engaging and...
LitStack Review: Edges by Linda Nagata
Edges Linda Nagata Mythic Island Press LLC Release Date: April 2, 2019 Space is unimaginably vast, with time and distance...
Litstack Rec: Bridge & The Stargazer’s Sister
Bridge, by Robert Thomas “Welcome to the prayer-strewn pews of my brain,” Alice, the narrator of Bridge tells us, and...
LitStack Review: Mecha Samurai Empire by Peter Tieryas
Mecha Samurai Empire Peter TieryasAce/Penguin Random HouseRelease Date: September 18, 2018 (USA)ISBN 9780451490995 Mac is a teenager living in Los Angeles...
LitStack Review: Earn It! by Cinders McLeod
Earn It! by Cinders McLeod (Nancy Paulsen Books, 2017) Teaching children financial literacy—knowing how money works and having the skills...
LitStack Review: The City of Lost Fortunes by Bryan Camp
The City of Lost Fortunes A Crescent City novel Bryan Camp Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Release Date: April 17, 2018 ISBN...
Featured Author Review: The ‘Burg Series by Kristen Ashley
The 'Burg Series Kristen Ashley Titles: For You, At Peace, Golden Trail, Games of the Heart, The Promise Hold On Kristen Ashley sets her...
Litstack Review: And There Was Evening And There Was Morning, by Mike Smith
And There was Evening And There Was Morning, Essays on Illness, Loss, and Love, by Mike Smith (WTAW Press) “Mourning,”...
Flash Review: The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
The Buried Giant Kazuo Ishiguro Alfred A. Knopf Release Date: March 3, 2015 ISBN 978-0-307-27103-7 It's the dusk of Arthurian...
LitStack Review: Raven Stratagem by Yoon Ha Lee
Raven Stratagem (Machineries of Empire, Book 2) Yoon Ha Lee Solaris Release Date: June 13, 2017 ISBN 978-1-78108-537-0 In 2016,...
LitStack ‘In Case You Missed It’ Review: The City & the City by China Miéville
The City & the CityChina MiévilleDel ReyRelease Date: May 26, 2009ISBN 978-0-345-49751-2 I enjoy exploring literary works whose titles have...
LitStack Rec: Speedbumps: Flooring It Through Hollywood & American Born Chinese
Speedbumps: Flooring It Through Hollywood, by Teri Garr Think of Teri Garr, and likely it’s as the outspoken girl next...
LitStack Review: ROAR by Cora Carmack
Roar (Stormheart #1)Cora CarmackTor TeenISBN-10: 0765386313 In a land ruled and shaped by violent magical storms, power lies with those who control...
LitStack Review: The Standard Grand by Jay Baron Nicorvo
The Standard GrandJay Baron NicorvoSt. Martin's PressRelease Date: April 24, 2017ISBN 978-1-25010-894-4 It's rare when an author is able to...
LitStack Review: The Last Good Man by Linda Nagata
The Last Good Man Linda Nagata Mythic Island Press Release Date: June 20, 2017 Oh my, does Linda Nagata know...
LitStack Review: Borne by Jeff VanderMeer
Borne Jeff VanderMeer Farrar, Straus and Giroux Release Date: April 25, 2017 ISBN 978-0-3741-1524-1 Jeff VanderMeer is an author who...
LitStack Review: A Conjuring of Light by V. E. Schwab
A Conjuring of Light Shades of Magic, Book 3 V. E. Schwab Tor Books Release Date: February 21, 2017 ISBN...
LitStack Review: Skullsworn by Brian Staveley
Skullsworn (Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne series) Brian Staveley Tor Books Release Date: April 25, 2017 ISBN 978-0-7653-8987-9 One of...
LitStack Review – Yvain: The Knight of the Lion by M. T. Anderson, Illustrated by Andrea Offermann
Yvain: The Knight of the Lion M. T. Anderson Illustrations by Andrea Offermann Candlewick Press Release Date: March 14, 2017...
LitStack Review: Brother’s Ruin by Emma Newman
Brother's RuinIndustrial Magic, Book #1Emma NewmanTor.comRelease Date: March 14, 2017ISBN 978-0-7653-9396-8 It's probably not politically correct to illustrate something literary...
LitStack Review: Phantom Pains by Mishell Baker
Phantom Pains The Arcadia Project, Book 2 Mishell Baker Saga Press Release Date: March 21, 2017 ISBN 978-1-4814-8017-8 Millie Roper,...
LitStack Review: Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
Exit West Mohsin Hamid Riverhead Books Release Date: March 7, 2017 ISBN 978-0-7352-1217-6 Immigration is a hot burner issue right...
LitStack Review: The Wanderers by Meg Howrey
The WanderersMeg HowreyG. P. Putnam's SonsRelease Date: March 14, 2017ISBN 978-0-3995-7473-4 This book...wow. I read a lot of books; a...
LitStack Review: The Night Ocean by Paul La Farge
The Night Ocean Paul La Farge Penguin Press Release Date: March 7, 2017 ISBN 978-1-1019-8108-5 I cracked open the cover...
LitStack Review: Within the Sanctuary of Wings by Marie Brennan
Within the Sanctuary of Wings A Memoir by Lady Trent Marie Brennan Tor Books Release Date: April 25, 2017 ISBN...
LitStack Review: The Stars Are Legion by Kameron Hurley
The Stars Are Legion Kameron Hurley Saga Press Release Date: February 7, 2017 ISBN 978-1-4814-4793-5 Kameron Hurley does not write...
LitStack Review: Tranny: Confessions of Punk Rock’s Most Infamous Anarchist Sellout by Laura Jane Grace
Tranny: Confessions of Punk Rock's Most Infamous Anarchist SelloutLaura Jane GraceHatchette BooksRelease Date: November 15, 2016ISBN 978-0-3163-8795-8 In 1997, seventeen...
LitStack Review: Miranda and Caliban by Jacqueline Carey
Miranda and CalibanJacqueline CareyTor BooksRelease Date: February 14, 2017IBSN 978-0-7653-9704-1 As a student of Shakespeare, I became familiar with the...
LitStack Review: Universal Harvester by John Darnielle
Universal HarvesterJohn DarnielleFerrar, Straus and GirouxRelease Date: February 7, 2017ISBN 978-0-37428-210-3 Full disclosure: I grew up in Iowa, so John...
LitStack Review: The Vagrant by Peter Newman
The VagrantPeter NewmanHarper VoyagerRelease Date: April 2015ISBN 978-0-007593-0-88 The Vagrant is a very interesting book. No, no, hear me out. ...
LitStack Review: Avengers of the Moon by Allen Steele
Avengers of the MoonA Captain Future NovelAllen SteeleTor BooksRelease Date: April 11, 2017ISBN 978-0-7653-8218-4 In 1940, a new pulp science-fiction...
LitStack Review: Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty
Six WakesMur LaffertyOrbit BooksRelease Date: January 31, 2017ISBN 978-0-316-38968-6 Mur Lafferty's Six Wakes is a science fiction novel about clones...
LitStack Review – A City Dreaming by Daniel Polansky
A City DreamingDaniel PolanskyRegan ArtsRelease Date: October 4, 2016ISBN 978-1-68245-038-3 I knew nothing of author Daniel Polansky when, on the...
