Hiding a Perilous Truth in James Tate Hill’s “Blind Man’s Bluff”
For this LitStack Rec, we're revisiting James Tate Hill's engaging and unique memoir, Blind Man's Bluff (2021). We're anticipating James'...
Memoir
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...
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...
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...
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,”...
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...
LitStaff Recs: This Boy’s Life & Kiss & Tell
This Boy's Life: A Memoir, by Tobias Wolff First published in 1989, Tobias Wolff’s This Boy’s Life has since become a...
LitStack Review: The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher
The Princess DiaristCarrie FisherBlue Rider PressRelease Date: November 22, 2016ISBN 978-0-3991-7359-2 In her 1984 semi-biographical novel Postcards from the Edge,...
LitStack Review: Born a Crime – Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
Born A Crime - Stories from a South African ChildhoodTrevor NoahRandom HouseRelease Date: November 15, 2016ISBN 978-0-3995-8817-4 Reading biographies from...
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 place in the memoir genre....
LitStack Recs: Manhood for Amateurs & Zombie Baseball Beatdown
Manhood for Amateurs: The Pleasures and Regrets of a Husband, Father, and Son, essays by Michael Chabon You know a...
LitStack Review: Boy Erased by Garrard Conley
Boy Erased Garrard Conley Riverhead Books Release Date: May 10, 2016 ISBN 978-1-59463-301-0 It was sheer coincidence that had me...
LitStack Rec: Bird Cloud: A Memoir of Place & Moon Girl
Bird Cloud: A Memoir of Place, by Annie Proulx The memoir by this award-winning novelist (The Shipping News) and story writer...
LitStack Rec: Havanas in Camelot & A Crayon’s Story
Havanas in Camelot: Personal Essays, by William Styron Though William Styron is best know for his novels (The Confessions of...
LitStack Recs: Patrimony – A True Story and Cloud Atlas
Patrimony: A True Story, by Philip Roth Roth's 1991 memoir charts the illness and death of his father, Herman Roth,...
Litstack Recs: The Places In-Between & The Silmarillion
The Places In-Between, Rory Stewart In 2002, Rory Stewart made a walk across Afghanistan from Herat to Kabul. A scholar...
LitStack Recs: Blue Nights & Beautiful Ruins
Blue Nights, by Joan Didion Joan Didion is an author I've long revered, whose books have had a titanic effect...
LitStack Review: You’re Never Weird on the Internet (almost) by Felicia Day
You’re Never Weird on the Internet (almost) Felicia Day Touchstone Books Release Date: August 11, 2015 ISBN 978-1-4767-8565-3 In 2007,...
LitStack Recs: A Brief Look at Father Memoirs & Blueberry Girl
A Brief Look at Father Memoirs Stories that center on fathers have a distinct place in the memoir genre. For...
LitStack Review: Born With Teeth by Kate Mulgrew
Born With Teeth: A Memoir Kate Mulgrew Little Brown and Company Release Date: April 14, 2015 ISBN 978-0-316-33431-0 In the...
A Brief Look at the British Travel Memoir
Three authors linked by the British tradition of going by foot and writing about it. A Time of Gifts: On...
LitStack Review: All or Nothing by Jesse Schenker
All or Nothing - One Chef's Appetite for the Extreme Jesse Schenker Dey Street Books Release Date: September 30, 2014...
Flash Review – Travels With Casey
Travels With Casey Benoit Denizet-Lewis Simon & Schuster Release Date: July 22, 2014 ISBN 978-1-4391-4693-4 Premise: a man sets out...
LitStack Recs: ‘I Hate to Leave This Beautiful Place’ and ‘Born to Pull’
I Hate to Leave This Beautiful Place Howard Norman In the essay-as-memoir, the writer can do a lot of things....
LitStack Review: Oddly Normal by John Schwartz
Oddly Normal: One Family's Struggle to Help Their Teenage Son Come to Terms with His Sexuality John Schwartz Penguin Group...
