Litstack Rec: The Vexations and The Lost Child of Lychford
The Vexations, by Caitlin Horrocks One of my favorites books of this year, Caitlin Horrock's debut novel, The Vexations, is...
The Vexations, by Caitlin Horrocks One of my favorites books of this year, Caitlin Horrock's debut novel, The Vexations, is...
The Dead Fish Museum: Stories, by Charles D'Ambrosio Charles D'Ambrosio's 2006 story collection, The Dead Fish Museum, is set in...
An Unnecessary Woman, by Rabih Alameddine “I like outsiders,” Aaliya Sohbi tells us, “phantoms wandering the cobwebbed halls of the...
This Boy's Life: A Memoir, by Tobias Wolff First published in 1989, Tobias Wolff’s This Boy’s Life has become a classic...
Vanity Fair, by William Makepeace Thackeray The early nineteenth century didn’t have reality television, but it did have William Makepeace...
As Car Trouble opens, it's one a.m., and the novel’s young protagonist, Nicky Flynn, is driving backwards through the streets...
Arranged Marriage: Stories, by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni The eleven stories in Arranged Marriage reveal Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s gift for chronicling...
Fear: Trump in the White House, by Bob Woodward With this week's news that impeachment of the president looks to...
The Vexations, by Caitlin Horrocks The lives of artists, when depicted in novels, must portray artmaking for what it is:...
Epilogue: A Memoir, by Will Boast Both a remembrance and an elegiac account of the loss of a family, Boast’s...
Manhood for Amateurs: The Pleasures and Regrets of a Husband, Father, and Son, essays by Michael Chabon The trope of...
Barack Obama's Summer Reading List The #SummerReads of President Barack Obama are always an eclectic and smart collection of books...
The 400 Blows, by Francois Truffaut This year marks the 60th anniversary of the release of Francois Truffaut’s The 400...
Passage to Ararat, by Michael J. Arlen Tuesday, April 24, marked a sober anniversary, 103 years since the Armenian genocide,...
Last week, when the Emmy nominations were announced, the BBC Three series Fleabag received eleven nominations—for writing, acting, and direction,...
Werewolves in Their Youth: Stories, by Michael Chabon Michael Chabon’s, Werewolves in Their Youth isn’t a horror or sci-fi, though Chabon...
Fear: Trump in the White House, by Bob Woodward The story has been called a bookend to Richard Nixon's, a...
Cutting Teeth, by Julia Fierro When my daughter was little, there was a universally acknowledged sentiment among the parents I...
On Wednesday, Special Counsel Robert Mueller spoke publicly for the first time about the Russia investigation he began over two...
The Love of A Good Woman, Stories by Alice Munro The short story has few practitioners as skilled as Alice...
Arranged Marriage: Stories, by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Acclaimed poet, novelist, and story writer Chitra Banerjee Divrakaruni’s first book of fiction...
Selected Stories, by William Trevor Today's rec continues a celebration of #ShortStoryMonth. A volume of stories by William Trevor is...
The Refugees: Stories, by Viet Thanh Nguyen May is Short Story Month, a great time to celebrate the short story,...
Green Thoughts: A Writer in the Garden, by Eleanor Perényi Writing and gardening share similarities: the same dogged tending, the...
Presenting another installment celebrating #NationalPoetryMonth: my name on his tongue, by Laila Halaby Laila Halaby's, my name on his tongue,...
Without, by Donald Hall In celebration of National Poetry Month It doesn’t matter what I’m doing or what time of...
Fruits & Vegetables, Poems by Erica Jong In celebration of #NationalPoetryMonth Long before Fear of Flying, before Erica Jong’s now-classic...
The Dead Fish Museum: Stories, by Charles D'Ambrosio While most of the writing world is in Portland at #AWP19, myself...
An Unnecessary Woman, by Rabih Alameddine - “I like outsiders,” Aaliya Sohbi tells us, “phantoms wandering the cobwebbed halls of...
Speedbumps: Flooring It Through Hollywood, by Teri Garr Each year, the Academy Awards always generates memorable images, and this year...
The End of All Things, by John Scalzi Full disclosure: I adore John Scalzi. I enjoy his writing, which I...
How to Write an Autobiographical Novel: Essays, by Alexander Chee "Writing is a way of going to the depth of...
The Goldfinch, by Donna Tartt The reception Donna Tartt garnered for her third novel—her first in twelve years—was called a phenomenon...
A House For Mr Biswas by V.S. Naipaul This past week, we lost a giant when V.S. Naipaul died in...
The Boys of My Youth, by Jo Ann Beard When it was released in 1998, I somehow missed Jo Ann...
Fairyland: A Memoir of My Father, by Alysia Abbott “The truth is," Alysia Abbot writes in her debut memoir, Fairyland:...
Arranged Marriage: Stories, by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Acclaimed poet, novelist, and story writer Chitra Banerjee Divrakaruni’s first book of fiction...
My Misspent Youth, essays by Meghan Daum My introduction to Daum and her essays was Life Would Be Perfect If...
Author: The Portraits of Beowulf Sheehan. By Beowulf Sheehan. Foreword by Salman Rushdie. If you need a gift for the...
Earn It! by Cinders McLeod This is the perfect gift for young readers on your list, because it's never too...
Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life, by William Finnegan William Finnegan's 2016 memoir begins with an epigraph from Edward St. Aubyn's...
Dreams From My Father, by Barack Obama Stories that center on fathers have a distinct place in the memoir genre....
The Romanoffs, by Matthew Weiner The thing I love most about linked story collections is the strategy of slow accrual....
An Unnecessary Woman, by Rabih Alameddine “I like outsiders,” Aaliya Sohbi tells us, “phantoms wandering the cobwebbed halls of the...
Two New Titles from WTAW Press Northern California's newest independent press has just released its 2018 titles: Unnatural Habitats and...
Bridge, by Robert Thomas “Welcome to the prayer-strewn pews of my brain,” Alice, the narrator of Bridge tells us, and...
Life Drawing, by Robin Black “Nobody outside a marriage can understand it,” the narrator of Life Drawing tells us. In...
Fear: Trump in the White House, by Bob Woodward It’s been called a bookend to the Nixon story, a tale...
By Nightfall, by Michael Cunningham Peter and Rebecca Harris are forty-something New Yorkers, well-off, hip, empty-nesters. Peter is an art...
Little Failure: A Memoir, by Gary Shteyngart "In order for me to be born," Gary Shteyngart says early on in...