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January 31, 2010May 19, 2012 - Uncategorized

Tiny Shocks: Uncovering the Reductive Plot of James Wood’s How Fiction Works

[Update: As if this post weren’t long enough, there’s now a Part 2.] On January 22, I read Shya Scanlon’s…

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January 25, 2010January 25, 2010 - Uncategorized

Cover your tracks

I’m (still) reading How Fiction Works, by James Wood. The entire book is built around a concept he calls “free…

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