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The Case for Lilac Prose
Dear literature lovers, have you grown sick of simple sentences? Deadened to the doldrums of dry, dusty prose? Benumbed by the banal? You’re not alone. I, and at least one other guy, agree with you. And after all, don’t we have a right to be upset? These days American literature has taken on the drab […]
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Posted in american prose, Authors, Ben Masters, Bruno Schulz, Literature, maximalism, New York Times, prose, Saul Bellow, Street of Crocodiles, Vladimir Nabokov, writing
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Read Drunk; Analyze Sober
It’s time to declare the new age of the short story. It’s time to laud the concise. It’s time to realize that in this day and age of blogs and online journals and YouTube videos, print media—books and newspapers, especially—are … Continue reading →
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Posted in Amazon Kindle, Black Box, Canada, Jennifer Egan, Literature, New York Times, New Yorker, reviews, Richard Ford, Short story, Twitter, writing
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