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The Darling – Anton Chekhov – Subject Choice

How does one choose what to write about?  Think about it.  The page sitting there.  Empty. In “The Darling” by Anton Chekhov, he writes about a woman who has no opinion.  She’s a screen for the men in...

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The Other Place – Mary Gaitskill – Subject Matter and Daring

“The Other Place” by Mary Gaitskill is a dark story about parenthood and growing up.  To write is to have courage.  Courage to explore.  Courage to expose.  Courage to be examined.  The story opens...

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Backbone – David Foster Wallace – Subject and Direction

In the posthumously published excerpt from The Pale King entitled “Backbone” by David Foster Wallace, the reader follows a young boy with a goal: to be able to kiss every inch of his own body.  The...

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Craft: This Business of Latin and The Bequest – Guy de Maupassant

After reading “This Business of Latin” (La Question du Latin) and “The Bequest” (Le Legs) today, my first thought was: these stories would be hacked apart in a creative writing workshop.  Why?  A...

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