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    On “Diver” and Writing | An Interview with Lewis Buzbee

    by Allie Coker 22 July, 2025
    by Allie Coker 22 July, 2025

    LitStack is excited to bring you Allie Coker’s interview of Lewis Buzbee, author of Diver, …

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    7 Author Shoutouts | Authors We Love To Recommend

    by LitStack Editor 26 March, 2025
    by LitStack Editor 26 March, 2025

    Here are 7 Author Shoutouts for this week. Find your favorite author or discover and …

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  • UncategorizedLitStack Recs

    Litstack Recs | Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays & Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow

    by Lauren Alwan & Sharon Browning 17 November, 2022
    by Lauren Alwan & Sharon Browning 17 November, 2022

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

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  • Book LoveNew ReleaseUncategorized

    Now Available| THE GREAT BOOK OF KING ARTHUR by John Matthews

    by Tee Tate 27 September, 2022
    by Tee Tate 27 September, 2022

    Available now, from leading Arthurian authority John Matthews and Tolkien illustrator John Howe, comes the …

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  • Of InterestOpinionUncategorized

    In Praise of Difficult Genre Fiction

    by Sharon Browning 22 August, 2022
    by Sharon Browning 22 August, 2022

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

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  • LitStack RecsUncategorized

    Litstack Recs | The Wrong End of the Telescope & Company Town

    by Tee Tate 19 August, 2022
    by Tee Tate 19 August, 2022

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

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    Litstack Recs | Green Thoughts: A Writer in the Garden & The Last Wish – Introducing the Witcher

    by Tee Tate 12 August, 2022
    by Tee Tate 12 August, 2022

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

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    Litstack Recs| The Love of a Good Woman & The Red

    by Tee Tate 5 August, 2022
    by Tee Tate 5 August, 2022

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

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    Litstack Recs | The Films in My Life & Six-Gun Snow White

    by Lauren Alwan 22 July, 2022
    by Lauren Alwan 22 July, 2022

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

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    Litstack Recs | Two titles from WTAW Press & Ninefox Gambit

    by Tee Tate 15 July, 2022
    by Tee Tate 15 July, 2022

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

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    Litstack Recs | The Good Soldier & If You Build It…

    by Tee Tate 8 July, 2022
    by Tee Tate 8 July, 2022

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

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    Litstack Recs | The UnAmericans & All the Horses of Iceland

    by Tee Tate 1 July, 2022
    by Tee Tate 1 July, 2022

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

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    Litstack Recs | Less & A Wild Sheep Chase

    by Tee Tate 24 June, 2022
    by Tee Tate 24 June, 2022

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

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    Litstack Recs | Fairyland: A Memoir of My Father & Time Salvager

    by Tee Tate 17 June, 2022
    by Tee Tate 17 June, 2022

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

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  • New ReleaseUncategorized

    Book Launch and Excerpt: Trouble With the Cursed by Kim Harrison

    by Tee Tate 14 June, 2022
    by Tee Tate 14 June, 2022

    ABOUT TROUBLE WITH THE CURSED Congratulations to Kim Harrison on the launch of the latest title …

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    Litstack Recs | The Custom of the Country & The Resisters

    by Tee Tate 10 June, 2022
    by Tee Tate 10 June, 2022

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

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    Litstack Recs| A Writer’s Notebook & Dog Days

    by Tee Tate 3 June, 2022
    by Tee Tate 3 June, 2022

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

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    Litstack Recs | Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life & Monarca

    by Lauren Alwan 27 May, 2022
    by Lauren Alwan 27 May, 2022

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

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    Litstack Recs | How to Write an Autobiographical Novel & When Women Were Dragons

    by Tee Tate 24 May, 2022
    by Tee Tate 24 May, 2022

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

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  • LitStack RecsUncategorized

    Litstack Recs | Without: Poems & The Kaiju Preservation Society

    by Tee Tate 22 April, 2022
    by Tee Tate 22 April, 2022

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

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  • Creative WritingUncategorized

    Historical Fiction: WorldBuild an Era, Not a Year

    by Corrina Lawson 11 April, 2022
    by Corrina Lawson 11 April, 2022

    There’s a scene in Reality Bites (1994) where the main characters sing Scholastic Rock songs …

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    Litstack Recs | On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous & Life On Mars

    by Tee Tate 7 April, 2022
    by Tee Tate 7 April, 2022

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

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    Litstack Recs | The Sense and Sensibility Screenplay and Diaries & A Natural History of Dragons

    by Tee Tate 25 March, 2022
    by Tee Tate 25 March, 2022

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

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  • AwardsUncategorized

    Independent Press Awards 2022 Filling My TBR List

    by Tee Tate 23 March, 2022
    by Tee Tate 23 March, 2022

    Dear LitStackers, the Independent Press Awards 2022 have been awarded and my TBR list is …

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    Litstack Recs | The Empathy Exams & Age of Ash

    by Tee Tate 11 March, 2022
    by Tee Tate 11 March, 2022

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

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    Litstack Recs| Out of Place: A Memoir & God’s War

    by Tee Tate 4 March, 2022
    by Tee Tate 4 March, 2022

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

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    Litstack Recs| Arranged Marriage & The Unfamiliar Garden

    by Tee Tate 25 February, 2022
    by Tee Tate 25 February, 2022

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

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  • Creative WritingUncategorized

    Practical Advice for Beginning Writers

    by Tee Tate 15 February, 2022
    by Tee Tate 15 February, 2022

    I’ve been writing since I was a kid. (That’s a very long time. I’m old, …

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    Litstack Rec | The Man with Eight Pairs of Legs & The Dead Lands

    by Tee Tate 4 February, 2022
    by Tee Tate 4 February, 2022

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

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    Litstack Recs | This Boy’s Life & Wintering

    by Tee Tate 28 January, 2022
    by Tee Tate 28 January, 2022

    This Boy’s Life: A Memoir, by Tobias Wolff  First published in 1989, Tobias Wolff’s This Boy’s …

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    Litstack Recs | The Portable Veblen & The Other Americans

    by Lauren Alwan 14 January, 2022
    by Lauren Alwan 14 January, 2022

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

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    Litstack rec | Tinkers & Sistersong

    by Tee Tate 7 January, 2022
    by Tee Tate 7 January, 2022

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

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    LitStack Recs| Fairyland & The Once and Future Witches

    by Sharon Browning 31 December, 2021
    by Sharon Browning 31 December, 2021

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

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  • Book LoveUncategorized

    My Favorite Reads of 2021

    by Lauren Alwan 23 December, 2021
    by Lauren Alwan 23 December, 2021

    Six memorable debuts of literary fiction and nonfiction Disappearing Earth, by Julia Phlllips In Julia …

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    Litstack Recs | Little Failure & Light from Uncommon Stars

    by Tee Tate 17 December, 2021
    by Tee Tate 17 December, 2021

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

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    Litstack Recs | Laura Lamont’s Life in Pictures & The Last House on Needless Street

    by Lauren Alwan 10 December, 2021
    by Lauren Alwan 10 December, 2021

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

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    Litstack Recs | The Oysters of Locmariaquer & A Spindle Splintered

    by Lauren Alwan 19 November, 2021
    by Lauren Alwan 19 November, 2021

    The Oysters of Locmariaquer, by Eleanor Clark Late in Eleanor Clark’s extraordinary book, she tells …

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    Litstack Rec |How to Write a Sentence and How to Read One & Frankie & Bug

    by Lauren Alwan 12 November, 2021
    by Lauren Alwan 12 November, 2021

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

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    The “Tide Child” Trilogy: Hope on the Brutal Seas

    by Corrina Lawson 11 November, 2021
    by Corrina Lawson 11 November, 2021

    Time wears away at memory, it leaves behind what was important, and you were happy. …

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    Litstack Rec | A Writer’s Notebook & Shadow Run

    by Lauren Alwan 21 October, 2021
    by Lauren Alwan 21 October, 2021

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

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    Review: Not Your Average Hot Guy

    by Corrina Lawson 19 October, 2021
    by Corrina Lawson 19 October, 2021

    Not Your Average Hot Guy: A Novel, by Gwenda Bond St. Martin’s Griffin (October 5, …

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    Litstack Recs | The Love of A Good Woman & Sisters of the Vast Black

    by Tee Tate 15 October, 2021
    by Tee Tate 15 October, 2021

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

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    Litstack Rec |Spielberg, Truffaut, and Me: An Actor’s Diary & American Born Chinese

    by Tee Tate 7 October, 2021
    by Tee Tate 7 October, 2021

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

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  • 5 QuestionsAuthor InterviewsUncategorized

    5 Questions for Linda Nagata

    by Sharon Browning 28 September, 2021
    by Sharon Browning 28 September, 2021

    Linda Nagata is a science fiction and fantasy writer from Hawaii, with seventeen novels and …

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    LitStack Review| A Terrible Fall of Angels

    by Tee Tate 22 September, 2021
    by Tee Tate 22 September, 2021

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

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  • New ReleaseUncategorized

    Wereworld illustrated novella launches

    by Lauren Alwan 14 September, 2021
    by Lauren Alwan 14 September, 2021

    WEREWORLD released digitally on 9/14 Acclaimed author Benjamin Percy (The Dark Net, The Wilding, Red …

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  • Creative WritingUncategorized

    Tin House Books Reading Nonfiction Subs

    by Lauren Alwan 4 September, 2021
    by Lauren Alwan 4 September, 2021

    A great opportunity for nonfiction writers! Three times per year, Tin House Books offers a …

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  • Of InterestUncategorized

    #PitMad Pitch Party Returns Sept. 2

    by Lauren Alwan 26 August, 2021
    by Lauren Alwan 26 August, 2021

    For unagented writers seeking representation, be sure to check out the Twitter-based pitch event, #PitMad, …

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    5 Questions for Kim Harrison

    by Tee Tate 25 August, 2021
    by Tee Tate 25 August, 2021

    Kim Harrison is best known as the author of the New York Times #1 best …

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  • Book LoveUncategorized

    Most Anticipated Fall Fiction

    by Tee Tate 24 August, 2021
    by Tee Tate 24 August, 2021

    Get your 1-click fingers ready (or call ahead to your library for that hold). Today, …

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