Litstack Recs| How to Write a Sentence: And How to Read One & We Were Dreamers
For writers and readers, the sentence is the coin of the realm, the catch that keeps a reader securely in...
Writing Craft
The Steps To Writing a Mystery
Ideally, writing a mystery requires careful planning, a mound of research, and the ability to think more deviously than the...
Litstack Recs| A Writer’s Notebook & Dog Days
A Writer’s Notebook by Somerset Maugham Like most writers, I keep a notebook—not a journal, but a record of ideas,...
Litstack Recs | How to Write an Autobiographical Novel & When Women Were Dragons
How to Write an Autobiographical Novel: Essays, by Alexander Chee "Writing is a way of going to the depth of...
Litstack Rec |How to Write a Sentence and How to Read One & Frankie & Bug
How to Read to Read a Sentence and How to Write One, by Stanley Fish When I'm reading, the sentence...
Litstack Rec | A Writer’s Notebook & Shadow Run
A Writer’s Notebook by Somerset Maugham Like most writers, I keep a notebook—not a journal, but a record of ideas,...
Litstack Recs | Life Drawing & The Midnight Library
Life Drawing: a novel, by Robin Black “Nobody outside a marriage can understand it,” the narrator of Life Drawing tells...
Litstack Rec | Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays & Yes, Chef
Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays, by Zadie Smith This collection came about by accident, Zadie Smith tells us in the...
Litstack Recs | Changing My Mind & Time Salvager
Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays, by Zadie Smith This collection of essays came about by accident, Zadie Smith tells us...
Litstack Recs: How to Write an Autobiographical Novel & Tranny
How to Write an Autobiographical Novel: Essays, by Alexander Chee "Writing is a way of going to the depth of...
Litstack Recs |Three classics of Writing Craft & The Poet X
If you're devoting some of your stay-at-home to a work-in-progress, here are three classics of writing craft to see you...
Litstack Recs |The Clothing of Books & The Sisters Grimm
The Clothing of Books, by Jhumpa Lahiri “How do you clothe a book?” is the how this small, but powerful...
Litstack Recs| How to Write an Autobiographical Novel & A Song for a New Day
How to Write an Autobiographical Novel: Essays, by Alexander Chee "Writing is a way of going to the depth of...
Litstack Recs: How to Write an Autobiographical Novel: Essays & Wintering
How to Write an Autobiographical Novel: Essays, by Alexander Chee “Writing is a way of going to the depth of...
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 Recs: How to Read to Read a Sentence and How to Write One & American Elsewhere
How to Read to Read a Sentence and How to Write One, by Stanley Fish For writers, the sentence is...
Litstaff Recs: How Fiction Works & Love Is Love
How Fiction Works, by James Wood. When it comes to books on the craft of writing, I tend to gravitate...
LitStack Rec: A Writer’s Notebook & Thunder Boy, Jr.
A Writer’s Notebook by Somerset Maugham Somerset Maugham's A Writer’s Notebook was first published in 1949, and though his work...
LitStack Rec: Crash Course & The Library at Mount Char
Crash Course: essays from where writing and life collide, by Robin Black The third book from short story writer and...
LitStack Rec: How to Read a Sentence… & The Butcher of Anderson Station
How to Read a Sentence and How to Write One, by Stanley Fish The sentence is the coin of the...
LitStack Recs: How to Write a Sentence: And How To Read One & My Father’s Arms Are a Boat
How to Read to Read a Sentence and How to Write One, by Stanley Fish The sentence is the coin...
Traveling Light: Unpacking a Story
So there I am, in a small hotel between the Costa Brava and Sitges, once again unpacking the bag I’ve...
LitStack Recs: A Writer’s Notebook & Dangerous Women
A Writer’s Notebook by Somerset Maugham Like most writers, I keep a notebook. It's small and transportable, since the point...
