It should not be so hard to write both poetry and fiction. Both arts, after all, make use of the same materials, words and punctuation. Poems...
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vanessa vichitvadakan, October 30, 2007 (view all comments by vanessa vichitvadakan)
Cather's depictions of the landscape and New Mexico are at once dreamy and gripping. The action in this novel isn't really all that active-- it's slow, deliberate, and gentle but compelling nonetheless. I would read this again and again for her incredible descriptions and turns of phrase. It's the kind of descriptive writing that really makes me want to write well.
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