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Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays, by Zadie Smith As an essay reader, and writer, I …

This month, we’re celebrating the immensely talented Menna van Praag and the launch of the …

I’ll be honest – I almost didn’t commit to this book. It seemed too close …

Head Wounds: SparrowWritten by Brian BuccellatoStory by Robert Johnson and John AlveyArt by Christian Ward …

In this collection, published in 2006, Prose offers close readings on developing the art of …

Horror is a kind of hybrid form that depends on shock, fear, and sometimes repulsion, …

How Fiction Works,  by James Wood. When it comes to books on the craft of …

From dressing up for Halloween, to donning appropriate period attire for the local Renaissance Festival, …

  One of our favorite thing about literature is the impact it has on our …

Called “a dark jewel of a book,” by Michael Cunningham, We the Animals, the 2011 …

For writers and readers, the sentence is the coin of the realm, the catch that …

A while back I was fortunate to read, in close succession, three masterful works in …

The Wrong End of the Telescope: a novel by Rabih Alameddine Rabih Alameddine’s sixth book, …

With Wesley Chu coming out with his newest amazing book The Art of Prophecy, it …

Green Thoughts: A Writer in the Garden, by Eleanor Perényi Writing and gardening share similarities: …

This week we continue our celebration of our August Featured Author, Wesley Chu with a …

The Love of a Good Woman, stories by Alice Munro The short story has few …

Welcome, LitStackers, to a new month and our old favorite, the Featured Author segment. This …

The Films in My Life, by Francois Truffaut We are lucky that Francois Truffaut was …

Two Titles From WTAW Press The Groundhog Forever, by Henry Hoke In Henry Hoke’s debut …

The Good Soldier, by Ford Madox Ford If this novel had been published under the …

The UnAmericans: Stories by Molly Antopol There’s a literary lineage to the strands of Jewish …

Less, a novel: by Andrew Sean Greer Less, the author’s sixth book and fifth novel, …

Fairyland: A Memoir of My Father, by Alysia Abbott “The truth is,” Alysia Abbott writes …

The Custom of the Country Edith Wharton I knew from the start that things would go …

A Writer’s Notebook by Somerset Maugham Like most writers, I keep a notebook—not a journal, …

Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life, by William Finnegan William Finnegan’s 2016 memoir begins with an …

How to Write an Autobiographical Novel: Essays, by Alexander Chee “Writing is a way of …

Delayed Rays of a Star, by Amanda Lee Koe At a New Year’s Eve ball …

my name on his tongue, by Laila Halaby Laila Halaby’s, my name on his tongue, …

Without: Poems, by Donald Hall It doesn’t matter what I’m doing or what time of …

On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous, A Novel by Ocean Vuong “One does not ‘pass’ in …

The Sense and Sensibility Screenplay and Diaries, by Emma Thompson With Sunday’s 94th Academy Awards …

The Empathy Exams: Essays, by Leslie Jamison The Empathy Exams is a hybrid work of …

Out of Place: A Memoir, by Edward Said Edward Said, the prolific author, political activist, …

Arranged Marriage: Stories, by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni The eleven stories in Arranged Marriage reveal Chitra …

Who Do You Love: Stories, by Jean Thompson This year marks the twenty-third anniversary of …

Among the terrific releases from indie publishers this month is Leslie Kirk Campbell’s debut story …

The Portable Veblen, by Elizabeth Mckenzie By way of Anne Lamott, we know the novelist …

Tinkers, by Paul Harding Paul Harding’s Tinkers, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 2010, tells …

Fairyland: A Memoir of My Father, by Alysia Abbott “The truth is,” Alysia Abbot writes …

Little Failure: A Memoir, by Gary Shteyngart “In order for me to be born,” Gary …

Laura Lamont’s Life in Pictures, by Emma Straub Those captivated by Old Hollywood will surely …

How to Read to Read a Sentence and How to Write One, by Stanley Fish …

With the Marvel Cinematic Universe in high production, high-level sci-fi productions of The Expanse and …

A Writer’s Notebook by Somerset Maugham Like most writers, I keep a notebook—not a journal, …

The Love of A Good Woman, Stories by Alice Munro The short story has few …

Spielberg, Truffaut, and Me: An Actor’s Diary, by Bob Balaban In the summer of 1976, …

A Terrible Fall of Angels, by Laurell K. Hamilton I admit it. I was one …

Olive Kitteridge, by Elizabeth Strout “Stories about women in houses are the real stories of …