Monthly Archives: October 2014

Books and Cigarettes by Andrea Davies

Posted on October 30, 2014 by detangledprosereview

Roman gets my phone number off an application for employment at the West Portal Bookshop in San Francisco. I imagine him taking my application off the stack and going to stand outside in the grey with his ankle showing tight … Continue reading →

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Why Diction Matters: A Close Look at Joan Didion

Posted on October 1, 2014 by detangledprosereview

In her essay titled In Bed, Joan Didion presents her subject – the evolution of her relationship to suffering consistent, frequent, and severe migraines -in the fifth sentence of the first paragraph by means of precise, implicative diction and phrasing. … Continue reading →

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