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Juxtaposition of Touchpoints: Pat Murphy’s The Falling Woman
Juxtaposition of Touchpoints: Pat Murphy’s The Falling Woman Darlene Reilley Boxes are comfortable. Writers like to put books in boxes: literary, mystery, romance, science fiction, etc. Certain genres recommend books like friends introducing new friends. I went into the book … Continue reading
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Tagged Creative Writing, fiction, Pat Murphy, reading, reading like a writer, The Falling Woman, Touchpoints
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Movement in Homer’s The Odyssey
I am not a poet, but Homer’s Odyssey makes me want to write as beautifully and simply as he does. The Odyssey has become one of my favorite novels because of beautiful lines like: “Side by side the two men … Continue reading
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Tagged book review, Book Reviews, epic poetry, Homer, movment in fiction, reading like a writer, The Odyssey, writing adventure
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Sympathetic Characters and Violence in Vladimir Sorokin’s Ice Trilogy
Vladimir Sorokin’s Ice Trilogy, a compilation of three books: Bro, Ice, and 23,000, is an epic tale of what happens if alien entities fall to Earth in a meteorite and must take over human bodies to get to their next … Continue reading
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Shock and Awe in Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five
In Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.’s Slaughterhouse-Five, or the Children’s Crusade, a soldier bounces through time, meets aliens, and relives points in his life, centering around Dresden, Germany, during his tour during the Second World War. Vonnegut uses anaphora for a comical, … Continue reading
An International Booklist
I have always tried to branch out beyond my world. I had an idea for an international booklist that could help myself and others find writers whose experiences and worlds are completely different from my own. This is my international … Continue reading
Particularities in Nicolai V. Gogol’s The Overcoat and Other Tales of Good and Evil
In every story there is a battle of good and evil, the extent of which depends on the characters, the story, and the author. In Nicolai Gogol’s The Overcoat and Other Tales of Good and Evil, the small things illuminate … Continue reading
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Tagged book review, Book Reviews, how to read like a writer, Nicolai Gogol, reading like a writer, The Overcoat
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