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Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest Winners Announced 27 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm
Opening sentences of literary works are very important. Consider “Call me Ishmael” and “In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.” Horror master Stephen King admitted recently that he can ponder...
LitStack Review: And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini 27 Aug 2013 | 08:00 pm
And the Mountains Echoed Khaled Hosseini Riverhead Books First Edition: May 21, 2013 ISBN 978-1-59463-176-4 When I read Qais Akbar Omar’s harrowing yet touching memoir of growing up in war-torn ...
LitChat Interview: Amy Tannenbaum 27 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
Amy Tannenbaum began her book publishing career with a brief stint at Harlequin where she edited romances that were far more entertaining than the books she read while earning her English degree at We...
Watch This If You Have Writer’s Block 26 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm
We love this inspirational video from BuzzFeed. A must watch! The post Watch This If You Have Writer’s Block appeared first on LitStack.
The Query Letter, Demystified 26 Aug 2013 | 08:00 pm
Over at GalleyCat, Jason Boog’s recent post will be just the ticket for those in throes of putting together the perfect query letter. “23 Literary Agent Query Letters That Worked,” is a list of, well,...
Howling at the Gates 4.12- Poor Judgment 26 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
The post Howling at the Gates 4.12- Poor Judgment appeared first on LitStack.
The Paris Review Celebraties 60 Years 23 Aug 2013 | 08:00 pm
Over at the Paris Review, you can catch what might be a singular opportunity: James Salter, Mona Simpson, John Jeremiah Sullivan and Lorin Stein in conversation with Charlie Rose on the celebrated mag...
Gimbling in the Wabe – Nose Skin and the Age of Raccoons 23 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
The other day I was sending a correspondence to LitStack Editor-in-Chief Tee Tate, and I used the phrase, “it’s no skin off my nose”. I use little idioms like this a lot, but every once in a while it...
Book Nerd Love: Trailer for ‘The Book Thief’ 22 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm
We cannot wait for this one! While subjected to the horrors of WWII Germany, young Liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing them with others. Under the stairs in her home, a Jewish refuge is...
Wisdom Gained from the Wise Owl Bookstore 22 Aug 2013 | 08:00 pm
I opened my bookstore on May 15th, 2011. I will be closing my bookstore on August 30th, 2013. I guess I thought by now I’d have some pearls of wisdom, some sage advice to pass on to aspiring booksel...
