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Playing catsup

Several Short Sentences about Writing by Verlyn Klinkenborg

Bait and Switch by Barbara Ehrenreich

Girl by Edna O'Brien

You'll Never Believe what Happened to Lacey by Amber Ruffin and Lacey Lamar

Heaven by Mieko Kawakami

August 20, 2021 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

Several Short Sentences about Writing – 4/5 Stars I find this small book to be a very clear, direct, and helpful book about writing. As a writing teacher, I find that students generally are unimpressed with the idea that the only way to learn how to write is to write, get feedback, work on writing and go from there. Students want a frame and format to plug in sentences and go from there. That’s not exactly true for students who are more natural in their […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Fiction, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Amber Ruffin and Lacey Lamar, Barbara Ehrenreich, Edna O'Brien, mieko kawakami, Verlyn Klinkenborg

vel veeter's CBR13 Review No:359 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Fiction, Non-Fiction · Tags: Amber Ruffin and Lacey Lamar, Barbara Ehrenreich, Edna O'Brien, mieko kawakami, Verlyn Klinkenborg ·
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