Tag: Carmen Maria Machado
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forever too many books to read
This year–like every year–reading has been a fantastic source of respite from the neverending parade of bad news and tragedy unfolding around us. Recently I finished THE YIDDISH POLICEMAN’S UNION–a detective novel by Michael Chabon set in alternative history where Jewish people settled in Sitka, Alaska post WW2–and it was one of the best reads…
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In-Sentence Suspense
This is from the first exercise Matt Bell has posted on his “Writing Exercises” emails about creating an “in-sentence” suspension. To briefly, and poorly, explain it’s about creating a simple sentence and then delaying the ending by using prepositions but you can also use a whole slew of other techniques. I realise I’m not explaining…
Jonathan Cosgrove 