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Jaquira Díaz’s memoir provides a vivid portrait of a life lived in (and beyond) the borders of Puerto Rico and its complicated history—and reads as electrically as a novel
He is a brilliant math professor with a peculiar problem—ever since a traumatic head injury
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Narrative Design: Working with Imagination, Craft, and Form Horror_Gift_Guide a ribbon bookmarkWith clarity, verve, and the sure instincts of a good teacher, Madison Smartt Bell offers a roll up your sleeves approach to writing in this much needed book. Focusing on the big picture as well as the crucial details, Bell examines twelve stories by both established writers (including Peter Taylor, Mary Gaitskill, and Carolyn Chute) and his own former students. A story's use of time, plot, character, and other elements of fiction are analyzed, and