LitStack Recs | The Clothing of Books & The City & the City
The Clothing of Books, by Jhumpa Lahiri “How do you clothe a book?” is how this small, but powerful volume...
The Clothing of Books, by Jhumpa Lahiri “How do you clothe a book?” is how this small, but powerful volume...
Spare, by Prince Harry The phenomenon known as Spare is barely a week old, but the memoir by Prince Harry,...
Titles both recent and vintage I'm looking foward to reading this year. First up, a book that should have come...
The Dead Fish Museum: Stories, by Charles D’Ambrosio Of Charles D'Ambrosio and his 2006 story collection The Dead Fish Museum,...
I’ve always admired, though never achieved, the ideal creative input as defined by François Truffaut: “Three films a day, three...
Tinkers, by Paul Harding Paul Harding's Tinkers, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 2010, tells of George Washington Crosby, a...
A Few Favorite Reads of 2022 A brief wrap-up of some of the books I loved reading this past year....
As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride—by Cary Elwes with Joe Layden and a foreword...
The Marriage Plot, by Jeffrey Eugenides “Heartbreak is funny to everyone but the heartbroken.” That reflection comes early in Jeffrey...
Jerusalem: A Cookbook, by Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi. Some cookbooks are defined by a generation. Your grandmother’s shelf likely...
Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays, by Zadie Smith As an essay reader, and writer, I always hope to make a...
Joseph Anton: a memoir, by Salman Rushdie Joseph Anton was published in 2012, but no memoir may be more relevant...
Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman, with a foreword by Emma Thompson. Edited by Alan Taylor “Of all the...
Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them, by...
Tiny Nightmares: Very Short Tales of Horror, edited by Lincoln Michel and Nadxieli Nieto In their introduction to Tiny Nightmares:...
In their latest writing contest, Dictionary.com spotlights some haunting prose We love Dictionary.com for the vast store of ways they...
The Refugees: Stories, by Viet Thanh Nguyen The Sympathizer, the debut novel by Viet Thanh Nguyen, won the Pulitzer Prize...
Modern Library Novel Challenge #96Sophie’s ChoiceWilliam StyronVintageISBN-10: 0679736379 ▬ᴥ▬ I first read Sophie’s Choice in a Bantam paperback 1979 edition....
For authors hoping to publish that first book, the challenge of querying for representation can be daunting. If you’re new...
The Films in My Life, by Francois Truffaut We are lucky that Francois Truffaut was both a prolific filmmaker and...
For lovers of the fairy-tale tradition, from Mental Floss, a collection of fairy tales beyond ‘Cinderella’ and ‘Sleeping Beauty.' Read...
Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life, by William Finnegan William Finnegan’s 2016 memoir begins with an epigraph from Edward St. Aubyn’s...
Delayed Rays of a Star, by Amanda Lee Koe At a New Year’s Eve ball in 1928, the German-born American...
The Man with Eight Pairs of Legs, stories by Leslie Kirk Campbell Sarabande Books (February 1, 2022)Paperback, 240 pagesEAN/UPC -...
The Portable Veblen, by Elizabeth Mckenzie By way of Anne Lamott, we know the novelist Ethan Canin once remarked, “Nothing...
Six memorable debuts of literary fiction and nonfiction Disappearing Earth, by Julia Phlllips In Julia Phillips’ 2019 debut, two sisters...
Laura Lamont's Life in Pictures, by Emma Straub Those captivated by Old Hollywood will surely love Emma Straub’s debut novel,...
Light Years, by James Salter First published in 1975, this novel is considered among James Salter's most enduring. Known for...
The Oysters of Locmariaquer, by Eleanor Clark Late in Eleanor Clark’s extraordinary book, she tells us the oyster needs the...
How to Read to Read a Sentence and How to Write One, by Stanley Fish When I'm reading, the sentence...
The Postman Always Rings Twice, by James M. Cain A Classic for #NovemberNoir James M. Cain never spoke like his...
Werewolves in Their Youth: Stories, by Michael Chabon Michael Chabon’s Werewolves in Their Youth isn’t exactly horror or sci-fi, though...
Tiny Nightmares: Very Short Tales of Horror, edited by Lincoln Michel and Nadxieli Nieto Catapult (October 13, 2020) ISBN-10: ...
A Writer’s Notebook by Somerset Maugham Like most writers, I keep a notebook—not a journal, but a record of ideas,...
The grammatically awkward in music, via Twitter Grammarians, beware. Over on Twitter, Patricia Smith—poet, spoken-word performer, playwright, and author—posed the...
Life Drawing: a novel, by Robin Black “Nobody outside a marriage can understand it,” the narrator of Life Drawing tells...
Selected Stories, by William Trevor A volume of stories by William Trevor is a reader's must-have, and this 2009 collection...
Olive Kitteridge, by Elizabeth Strout “Stories about women in houses are the real stories of our lives.” Thequote, from director...
WEREWORLD released digitally on 9/14 Acclaimed author Benjamin Percy (The Dark Net, The Wilding, Red Moon) and legendary artist Francesco...
Stoner, by John Williams When it was first published, John Williams’ 1965 novel went out of print after selling only...
A great opportunity for nonfiction writers! Three times per year, Tin House Books offers a two-day submission period for writers...
Commonwealth, by Ann Patchett Of divorce, Nicole Krauss wrote, "One of us held on to the ambition of the one...
For unagented writers seeking representation, be sure to check out the Twitter-based pitch event, #PitMad, where writers tweet a 280-character...
Blind Man's Bluff: A Memoir, by James Tate Hill W. W. Norton & Company August 3, 2021 978-0-393-86717-6 “I wasn’t...
The National Book Critics' Circle, which honors outstanding writing and fosters a national conversation about reading, criticism, and literature, will...
Born on this day in 1936, actor, director, and film icon Robert Redford—and in case you missed it, Redford, a...
A Woman is No Man: A Novel, by Etaf Rum (Harper, 2019) “There is no greater agony than bearing an...
A Definitive Study of Alfred Hitchcock, by Francois Truffaut, trans. by Helen Scott (1966)& Hitchcock/Truffaut, a documentary film by Kent...
The Dead Fish Museum: Stories, by Charles D'Ambrosio A classic read for #shortstorymonth is Charles D'Ambrosio's 2006 story collection The...