Litstack Recs: Vanity Fair & Slade House
Vanity Fair, by William Makepeace Thackeray The early nineteenth century didn’t have reality television, but it did have William Makepeace...
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Litstack Rec: Car Trouble & The Sol Majestic
As Car Trouble opens, it's one a.m., and the novel’s young protagonist, Nicky Flynn, is driving backwards through the streets...
Litstack Recs: Arranged Marriage: Stories & Shadow Run
Arranged Marriage: Stories, by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni The eleven stories in Arranged Marriage reveal Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s gift for chronicling...
Litstack Recs – Fear: Trump in the White House & A City Dreaming
Fear: Trump in the White House, by Bob Woodward With this week's news that impeachment of the president looks to...
Litstack Rec: The Vexations & Relics
The Vexations, by Caitlin Horrocks The lives of artists, when depicted in novels, must portray artmaking for what it is:...
Two New Books From WTAW Press
WTAW Press has just released its 2019 titles, Chimerica, the debut novel from Anita Fellicelli, and Like Water and Other...
Litstack Rec: Epilogue: A Memoir & Zombie Baseball Beatdown
Epilogue: A Memoir, by Will Boast Both a remembrance and an elegiac account of the loss of a family, Boast’s...
Litstack Recs: Fleabag & Speak Easy
Last week, when the Emmy nominations were announced, the BBC Three series Fleabag received eleven nominations—for writing, acting, and direction,...
Litstaff Rec: Werewolves in Their Youth: Stories & The Cage
Werewolves in Their Youth: Stories, by Michael Chabon Michael Chabon’s, Werewolves in Their Youth isn’t a horror or sci-fi, though Chabon...
LitStack Review | Car Trouble: A Novel by Robert Rorke
Car Trouble: A NovelRobert RorkeHarper PerennialPublication Date: September 11, 2018ISBN: 978-0062848499 As Car Trouble opens, it's one a.m., and the...
Litstack Rec: Arranged Marriage & Class A
Arranged Marriage: Stories, by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Acclaimed poet, novelist, and story writer Chitra Banerjee Divrakaruni’s first book of fiction...
LitStack Rec: Green Thoughts & Renascence and Other Poems
Green Thoughts: A Writer in the Garden, by Eleanor Perényi Writing and gardening share similarities: the same dogged tending, the...
Cover Reveal: The Wives by Tarryn Fisher
Publisher: Harper Collins Release date: December 30, 2019 Synopsis: Imagine that your husband has two other wives. You’ve never met the...
Litstack Rec: Fruits & Vegetables, Poems & Ninefox Gambit
Fruits & Vegetables, Poems by Erica Jong In celebration of #NationalPoetryMonth Long before Fear of Flying, before Erica Jong’s now-classic...
Litstack Rec: The Dead Fish Museum & The Red
The Dead Fish Museum: Stories, by Charles D'Ambrosio While most of the writing world is in Portland at #AWP19, myself...
Litstack Recs: Speedbumps: Flooring It Through Hollywood & American Born Chinese
Speedbumps: Flooring It Through Hollywood, by Teri Garr Each year, the Academy Awards always generates memorable images, and this year...
Litstack Rec: How to Write an Autobiographical Novel & The Cost of Hope
How to Write an Autobiographical Novel: Essays, by Alexander Chee "Writing is a way of going to the depth of...
Litstack Rec The Goldfinch, & The Dead Lands
The Goldfinch, by Donna Tartt The reception Donna Tartt garnered for her third novel—her first in twelve years—was called a phenomenon...
Litstack Recs: Fairyland & Scribe
Fairyland: A Memoir of My Father, by Alysia Abbott “The truth is," Alysia Abbot writes in her debut memoir, Fairyland:...
Litstack Recs: Arranged Marriage & This Case Is Gonna Kill Me
Arranged Marriage: Stories, by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Acclaimed poet, novelist, and story writer Chitra Banerjee Divrakaruni’s first book of fiction...
12/24/18 – December Giveaway: Blackbird Summer by Em Shotwell
TITLE- Blackbird Summer AUTHOR-Em Shotwell GENRE-Fantasy GIVEAWAY- One signed paperback copy of Blackbird Summer SUMMARY Meet Tallulah. Gifted. Magical. Cursed....
12/21/18 – December Giveaway: The High Court by Christopher Ledbetter
TITLE- The High Court AUTHOR- Christopher Ledbetter GENRE- Fantasy GIVEAWAY-One signed copy of to US readers. SUMMARY High atop Mount...
Litstack Rec: My Misspent Youth & Santa 17
My Misspent Youth, essays by Meghan Daum My introduction to Daum and her essays was Life Would Be Perfect If...
12/20/18: December Giveaway – Bring Down the Stars by Emma Scott
TITLE – Bring Down the StarsAUTHOR – Emma ScottGENRE – Military RomanceGIVEAWAY – Signed Print Copy, International SUMMARY – I fell...
LitStack Rec: Little Failure & United States of Japan
Little Failure: A Memoir, by Gary Shteyngart "In order for me to be born," Gary Shteyngart says early on in...
LitStaff Rec: A House for Mr Biswas & Pride’s Spell
A House For Mr Biswas, by V.S. Naipaul This past week, we lost a giant when V.S. Naipaul died in...
National Lighthouse Day – August 7th
Lighthouses are endlessly suggestive signifiers of both human isolation and our ultimate connectedness to each other. ~ Virginia Woolf Perhaps that’s...
In Remembrance – Four Years Gone: An Interview with Jay Lake
Courtesy of Waterloo Productions "I love whom I love, and I am loved by more people than I will...
LitStack Recs: Passage to Ararat & Borderline
Passage to Ararat, by Michael J. Arlen Tuesday, April 24, marked a sober anniversary, 103 years since the Armenian genocide,...
Cover Reveal: Folsom by Tarryn Fisher and Willow Aster
We are so excited to reveal the cover for Folsom by writing duo Tarryn Fisher and Willow Aster coming on...
Shakespeare and the Original Pronunciation
Check out this very cool clip on the original pronunciations of Shakespeare's sonnets and plays. From Open University: An introduction...
Celebrating Shakespeare: Who Wrote Shakespeare’s Plays, Anyway?
It's April and for those of us at LitStack who happen to love Shakespeare, that means a month of honoring...
Celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Now more than ever, it is important to remember the leaders from our past that changed the tide of racism...
Greatest Author Feuds
We love this list from our friends at PenguinRandomHouse. Who did your favorite author from the past quarrel...
Featured Author Interview: Kristen Ashley
Thanks so much to Kristen Ashley for spending the month with us as our Featured Author. Be sure to check...
Release Blitz: Whore by Willow Aster
Whore by Willow Aster is now LIVE!!! PURCHASE YOUR COPY OF WHORE TODAY! Amazon US: http://amzn.to/2B0fsEe Amazon UK: http://amzn.to/2yY5D83 B&N:...
Featured Author Review: Unfinished Hero by Kristen Ashley
An Unfinished Hero Series Kristen Ashley Titles: Knight, Creed, Raid, Deacon and Sebring Summary: An Unfinished Hero Series is a...
Featured Author Review: The Hookup by Kristen Ashley
TITLE:The Hookup AUTHOR: Kristen Ashley GENRE:Contemporary Romance Kristen Ashley knows people. That much is clear in the effortless way she...
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...
Featured Author Review: Complicated by Kristen Ashley
Welcome, LitStackers, to our December Featured Author segment. We love compelling voices and character-driven stories that take us away from...
2017 National Book Award Winners
At the November 15th National Book Awards, Jesmyn Ward was awarded her second prize in the Fiction category for her...
What We’re Listening To: Jay & Miles X-Plain The X-Men
You know who the X-Men are. Maybe you’ve been into comic books for a long time or you’re a newcomer...
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...
What We’re Watching: A Ghost Story by David Lowery
A Ghost Story by David Lowery Fair warning, if you haven’t actually watched the movie, walk away now because I’m...
Travels and Travails of Small Minds – Excerpt
Travels and Travails of Small Minds Daniel Falatko Ardent Writers Press Travels and Travails of Small Minds follows the sideways...
The Heartache We Take As Normal
There is a baby in my home. Evidence of his existence is littered around us, blocking the sparse surroundings with...
