Write Gooder, not Better
In a continuation on last week’s post about reality, I want to talk about specificity. Have you thought about this? The connection between specific images and reality? So far, it’s the most fool-proof way...
The World’s Wife is as crafty and powerful as the imagined female rulers featured in the collection. On Wednesday, I introduced The World’s Wife and if you haven’t read it yet, that introduction can...
This week, instead of featuring just one club, we’ll be featuring two. With Review Day looming ever closer, the reviewing teams are gearing up and getting ready to go. Strategy meetings! Leader elections! All...
(I don’t have much to say today, so I’m leaving it up to you lot!) Today was meant to be about the language used in The Great Gatsby but I couldn’t even start to...
“A sudden emptiness seemed to flow now from the windows and the great doors, endowing with complete isolation the figure of the host, who stood on the porch, his hand up in a formal...
So, my summer has finally begun, and I’ve been celebrating by playing through a bunch of old Spyro games on the PlayStation. Naturally, then, I felt the need to carry the dragon-esque fun over...
“Everyone suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues, and this is mine: I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known.” We’re always taught as children that...
‘A melange of history lesson, fairy-tale and modern-day domestic tragedy’ — Scotsman An Introduction The first thing which struck me about The World’s Wife was how much fun it was to read and how it...
Ramona was having a lovely day until she got applepicked on the street. applepick (v) [ˈæpl pɪk] 1. Steal someone’s iPhone.
“They smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness.” Carelessness. It comes up all the time in this novel. I think the cultural context of the...
