Tag: Reading for Style
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Heading Into Literature
Some remarks by Sam Byers on the necessary literariness of contemporary literature.
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What Do We Mean By “Readable”?
Some remarks by Sam Byers on the “readability” of contemporary literature.
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Beyond the Praise
An appreciation of Daniel Green’s reviews of Anna Burns’ Milkman and David Hayden’s short story collection Darker With the Lights On.
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The Escape Artist
Walker Rutter-Bowman looks at the way conceptual constraints open up stylistic opportunities in Jeremy M. Davies’ short story collection The Knack of Doing.
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Knausgaard’s Reinvigorated Realism
Anthony Macris pinpoints the effects of Karl Ove Knausgaard’s verisimilitude in the My Struggle series.
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The Next Word, and the Next
Part two of a two-part response to John Mullan’s celebration of plot in literature.
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Plotted Pleasures
Part one of a two-part response to John Mullan’s celebration of plot in literature.
Infinite Patience 