• WRITING

How to Write a Sentence and How to Read One

"Good sentences promise nothing less than lessons and practice in the organization of the world," writes legal scholar and literary theorist Stanley Fish in this jewel of a book, in which the author admires the anatomy and beauty of single sentences, parsing micro-masterpieces from Shakespeare to Elmore Leonard. Even the title of Chapter Two proves highly intriguing: "Why You Won't Find the Answer in Strunk and White."

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May 18: Parade, the "first modern ballet," premiered in Paris on this day in 1917. The production was a collaboration of some of modernism's most famous -- music by Erik Satie, scenario by Jean Cocteau, costumes by Picasso,…

Ethan Rutherford and Matt Burgess (Dogfight: A Love Story) on the writing of Rutherford's surreal and fiercely funny story collection The Peripatetic Coffin

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