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Pulitzer Praise

By jody on April 30, 2011 | Add a Comment

Pulitzer Praise

How many words

does it take to praise

The Best of It?

Divide the page

in thirds: use only

the left of it. Ladder

it with rhyme twined

time and again,

with sinewy sense

condensed

to a column of

implication--meant,

of course, to resemble

what she does

so deftly. Be frugal--

imitation requires

the Ryan touch,

so few words used

to say so much.

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Zeke called to ask if I was kidding about reading Henry James-- trying to raise my street cred as a serious reader. I said I was serious, so now I'm trapped into actually reading some. The good news is Zeke's going to read Washington Square along with me, so I'll have someone to talk with about it. Feel free to join us. Or, read some other classic this summer--your brain deserves it! read more

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In the Woods and The Likeness by Tana French

November 8, 2008 - 6:30pm — Tom

In the Woods and The Likeness by Tana French

By tom on November 08, 2008 | Add a Comment

Several staff members have read and loved Tana French's In the Woods, and I also read and enjoyed The Likeness. We had a lot of customers really like, and a few who were really frustrated, by the ending. How about you? If you haven't read the book you probably shouldn't read this thread.

I felt like the book was really about the two main characters, and less about the plot. So when one of the two mysteries central to the novel is never solved it really didn't bother me. Maybe because I read a lot of short stories and contemporary literary fiction, where the writing and characters take center stage.

Thoughts?

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