By Nightfall, by Michael Cunningham Peter and Rebecca Harris are forty-something New Yorkers, well-off, hip, …
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LitStack RecsUncategorized
LitStack Rec: Little Failure & United States of Japan
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanLittle Failure: A Memoir, by Gary Shteyngart “In order for me to be born,” Gary …
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LitStack Recs: Sense and Sensibility Screenplay and Diaries & Brotherhood of the Wheel
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanThe Sense and Sensibility Screenplay and Diaries, by Emma Thompson There’s enough left of summer …
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LitStack RecsLitStaff Picks
LitStack Rec: Barack Obama’s Summer Reading List & Shotgun Lovesongs
by Tee Tateby Tee TateBarack Obama’s Summer Reading List In uncertain times, we look to the familiar things, and …
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LitStaff Rec: A House for Mr Biswas & Pride’s Spell
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanA House For Mr Biswas, by V.S. Naipaul This past week, we lost a giant …
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Recently I’ve been reading What Makes This Book So Great, by Hugo and Nebula Award …
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LitStack Recs
Litstack Recs: The Tall Book of Make-Believe & The Last Days of New Paris
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanThe Tall Book of Make-Believe ed. Jane Werner Illustrated by Garth Williams Well beyond the …
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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 AlwanHow 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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A Time of Gifts: On Foot to Constantinople, by Patrick Leigh Fermor A classic of …
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Author InterviewsUncategorized
In Remembrance – Four Years Gone: An Interview with Jay Lake
by Tee Tateby Tee Tate“I love whom I love, and I am loved by more people than I …
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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 AlwanPassage to Ararat, by Michael J. Arlen Tuesday, April 24, marked a sober anniversary, 103 …
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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 ShakespeareUncategorized
Celebrating Shakespeare: Who Wrote Shakespeare’s Plays, Anyway?
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 Recs
LitStack Rec: Arranged Marriage: Stories & This Case Is Gonna Kill Me
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanArranged 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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The Films in My Life, by Francois Truffaut The revered French filmmaker, who would have …
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LitStack Recs
Litstack Rec: Thunderstruck & Other Stories & Kitchens of the Great Midwest
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanThunderstruck & 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 AlwanSpielberg, Truffaut and Me: An Actor’s Diary, by Bob Balaban In the summer of 1976, …
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LitStack Recs
LitStack Rec: Werewolves in Their Youth & Safe From the Sea
by Lauren Alwanby Lauren AlwanWerewolves 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 …