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Friday, August 31, 2012

Fwd: Nominalizations Are Zombie Nouns - NYTimes.com


Date: Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Subject: Nominalizations Are Zombie Nouns

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/23/zombie-nouns/






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Thursday, August 16, 2012

How to be a contemporary writer

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Friday, August 10, 2012

Everything is Fiction


THE NEW YORKER

Page-Turner - Criticism, contention, and conversation about books that matter.

AUGUST 8, 2012

EVERYTHING IS FICTION

Posted by Keith Ridgway

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I don't know how to write. Which is unfortunate, as I do it for a living. Mind you, I don't know how to live either.

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