Vote for your favorite 2022 Haunting Hook!
In their latest writing contest, Dictionary.com spotlights some haunting prose We love Dictionary.com for the vast store of ways they...
Of Interest
The Incredible Tolkien-ness of Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
I had love expectations for Amazon’s Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. It is based mostly on the...
Coming to the Stacks
Ever wonder what you've got to look forward to? Has your favorite author inked a deal to bring their books...
Miserable Fiction
I was reading a book the other day. It was a very good book, extremely well written, very imaginative. The...
The Most Common Phrases in ‘Hunger Games,’ ‘Harry Potter,’ and ‘Twilight’
From Flavorwire: Ben Blatt of Slate put together a great post on the adjectives, adverbs, and sentences that popped up...
In Praise of Difficult Genre Fiction
A while back I was fortunate to read, in close succession, three masterful works in the science fiction/fantasy genre that...
The Most Cringe-Worthy Song Lyrics Ever?
The grammatically awkward in music, via Twitter Grammarians, beware. Over on Twitter, Patricia Smith—poet, spoken-word performer, playwright, and author—posed the...
#PitMad Pitch Party Returns Sept. 2
For unagented writers seeking representation, be sure to check out the Twitter-based pitch event, #PitMad, where writers tweet a 280-character...
National Book Critics’ Circle Kicks Off Auction for Literary Inclusion
The National Book Critics' Circle, which honors outstanding writing and fosters a national conversation about reading, criticism, and literature, will...
Happy 85th Robert Redford
Born on this day in 1936, actor, director, and film icon Robert Redford—and in case you missed it, Redford, a...
In which LeVar Burton has a podcast and he’s reading you stories
We were thrilled to learn that LeVar Burton, actor and reading advocate, is podcasting classic and contemporary short stories. The...
Lincoln Michel’s “Everything I’ve Learned about Being a ‘Professional’ Writer in One Post”
We love this recent column from Lincoln Michel, a practical inventory of all the business points every writer needs to...
A Great New Reading List from World Literature Today
Looking for new titles to expand your TBR list? World Literature Today has just posted a list authored by the...
What To Do During the Quarantine…and Still Keep Safe
Phase 1, in most states, has already begun. People are rushing to beaches and stores. Some have already hurried to...
Staff Rec: The Clothing of Books & Boy Erased
The Clothing of Books by Jhumpa Lahiri "How do you clothe a book?" is the how this small, but powerful...
You Are What You Eat
There are many axioms that get tossed around writing advice columns and beginning writer's workshops. Show, don't tell is a...
Coming to the Stacks: February 2017
SCI-FI/FANTASY Author of THE WOLF OF THE NORTH trilogy and THE SOCIETY OF THE SWORD trilogy Duncan Hamilton's DRAGONSLAYER, the...
What We’re Listening To: The Daily, Podcast Review
New York Times’ Aptly Named “The Daily” Podcast Delivers Consistent High Quality Back in 2016, during the height of the...
Lending a Hand – My Conversation with Paolo Bacigalupi
One of the reasons I jumped at the chance to attend the recent NerdCon: Stories convention was the opportunity to...
Penguin Random House Will Publish Books by Both Barak and Michelle Obama
Fun news! Penguin Random House has announced that they have won the bidding war, and will be publishing books by...
February is the Month of Letters Challenge, and Do We Have a Deal for You!
In September 2010, author and all around goddess Mary Robinette Kowal (The Glamourist Histories, Ghost Talkers) took a month off...
Marlon James Opens Up on His Epic Fantasy Trilogy
In an Entertainment Weekly interview published this week, Man Booker prize winner Marlon James opened up about the epic fantasy...
My Report from NerdCon: Stories, Part Two – The Authors
While the variety shows and special events were fun, and the panels and workshops were informative, while being around a...
My Report from NerdCon: Stories, Part One
It was my distinct pleasure to be able to attend the 2nd Annual NerdCon: Stories convention last weekend at the...
Another “NerdCon: Stories” is In The Books
Well, another NerdCon: Stories convention has come and gone (held October 14 and 15 in Minneapolis, Minnesota), and once again,...
There But for the Grace of God
Thirty-five inches of rain in four days. That's how much rain has fallen in Louisiana in this last "episode." The...
National Library Week – Transience as a Library Book
To wrap up National Library Week, we revisit an essay from 2013, where a library book can be more that...
National Library Week – Lifeline, Anchor, Deadweight
In honor of National Library Week, we give you a follow-up to Sharon's essay yesterday about being addicted to requests...
National Library Week – My Library Request Addiction
~ * ~ In honor of National Library Week, we at LitStack are running some of our favorite essays regarding...
National Library Week: How a Library Saved My Life
April 10 - 16 is National Library Week, and this year's theme is "Libraries Transform", reminding all Americans that today’s libraries are...
Neil Gaiman’s “Likely Stories” Coming to Sky Arts
Did you like the weird and provocative British television series Black Mirror? (Of course you did!) Do you adore Neil...
“A Darker Shade of Magic” Rights Acquired
After "sitting on the news for over six months", author Victoria Schwab excitedly announced on Facebook on Tuesday that the...
A Month of Letters Challenge
So, when I took the parcel I was going to send out for the first day of the 2016 A...
