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bucolic_frolic

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3. I'm on the inside outside looking in

Sun Apr 10, 2022, 12:45 PM

Apr 2022

I have a book by a prominent writing instructor, George Saunders, called "A Swim in a Pond in the Rain".

He examines short stories by Russian writers, and dissects them, and shows what makes the genre go. So far I've only gotten through the first story, by Anton Chekov, but it is a very good book. I think it will improve my nuts and bolts.

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What Fiction are you reading this week, April 10, 2022? [View all] hermetic Apr 2022 OP

The Second Mrs. Astor...by Shanna Abe ProudMNDemocrat Apr 2022 #1

That sounds terrific hermetic Apr 2022 #4

I have that on my list Jilly_in_VA Apr 2022 #7

I bought the book as a Christmas for a friend ProudMNDemocrat Apr 2022 #12

Unputdownable? The King of Prussia Apr 2022 #2

That was what the librarians' society hermetic Apr 2022 #5

I'm on the inside outside looking in bucolic_frolic Apr 2022 #3

Oh, interesting... hermetic Apr 2022 #6

"Homegoing" by Yaa Gyasi Jilly_in_VA Apr 2022 #8

Wow hermetic Apr 2022 #9

I promised myself Jilly_in_VA Apr 2022 #10

Still reading "Boy Swallows Universe" bif Apr 2022 #11

Thank you for the weekly thread, hermetic. Love your kitty on the book pile! japple Apr 2022 #13

Oh, my hermetic Apr 2022 #14

Still rereading Jana DeLeon's Miss Fortune series SheltieLover Apr 2022 #15

I finished The Dying Day. It was quite good. yellowdogintexas Apr 2022 #16

Marina Lewycka's first book, Ohiya Apr 2022 #17

Very interesting... hermetic Apr 2022 #18

I reversed the order! Ohiya Apr 2022 #19