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Practical reading

Posted in Getting Published, Jobs, Writing on Dec 10th, 2007

Another aborted book. This time it’s The Coast of Chicago by Stuart Dybek. The first few stories weren’t bad (there was one I remember from Best American Short Stories: “Chopin in Winter,” which is great) but after Chopin it just got very boring and very slow. Makes you wonder if there’s anything to this idea [...]

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Aborted Reviews

Posted in Book Reviews, Books, Writing on Dec 4th, 2007

I used to never leave a book unfinished. I would plow through even the most boring book before moving on to the next one.
Not anymore. Over the past week I started and quit two books: The Art of Fiction by John Gardner and The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger.
A teacher had recommended the first [...]

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