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This LitStack Rec not only examines character building but also some of the challenging aspects…

My God, do some of us procrastinate. There are so many programs and calendars and…

In the Old Testament,  the tale of the Tower of Babel is only nine short…

One of the things about being a writer is that in some ways, you never…

  One of our favorite thing about literature is the impact it has on our…

A few years back, we discussed our favorite five literary monologues and you LitStackers seemed…

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

The Wizarding World of Harry Potter in Orlando is a fantastic park to visit for…

Fiction is an amazing tool of escapism. With it, we dive into worlds that exist…

It’s happened to you before. You’re invested in a great book, in the flux and…

Sometimes, when we love a great book, we feel the smallest bit of dissatisfaction at…

Some people, for whatever reason, rub us the wrong way. It happens in fiction as…

The books closest to our hearts become a part of us. We love them for…

  Ah, books. They’re not like TV shows. Your favorite characters never age; there are…

There is something unique about genre fiction. Perhaps it is the notion that great fiction…

As a middle-aged, monogamous white CIS woman, it may seem strange that I’m recommending LGBTQA…

There are seven stories in the world. It’s a well used maxim and not necessarily…

The Clothing of Books by Jhumpa Lahiri “How do you clothe a book?” is the…

Sometimes, it isn’t all that difficult to sort out what will happen in a novel.…

I confess that I was one of those mothers. You know the type, the one…

When you put yourself out ‘there’ as a writer, when you lasso the title of…

Here are a few posters and quotes that remind us why we love books. Which…

Death and taxes, as the old cliche goes. Both are unavoidable, and while we won’t…

There is a baby in my home. Evidence of his existence is littered around us,…

The best thing about running a site like LitStack is the diversity of folks you…

So there I am, in a small hotel between the Costa Brava and Sitges, once…

Sometimes the truest friends aren’t those sitting next to you in class or skipping rocks…

There’s something about settings of the past that just grabs us. We love the escapist…

Pushcart Prize 38: Best of the Small Presses, ed. by Bill Henderson Now in its…

Some authors love to pull whammies on us. Sometimes, there’s nothing better than an evil…

There’s nothing quite like the thrill of getting our hands on a book we’ve been…

The Wheelbarrows of Violence After missing a 7:15am train on my way upstate last Saturday,…