I’m trying out a new category of occasional postings. Like most writers, I can’t help but deconstruct other writers’ work on the fly. When I’m reading a book, often I’m struck by a particular passage–how it rings true (or false), and achieves (or fails to achieve) a particular effect.
So I’m going to start sharing those paragraphs, and my reactions to them, right here.

These aren’t meant to be construed as book reviews. The engagement is on the language level, and not necessary reflective of any overall opinion of the book itself. Ultimately, I’m not talking about the book, but rather about the carpentry of writing, as glimpsed within a particular set of pages.

Okay? Bear with me. My first entries will be on Andrew Sean Greer’s The Confessions of Maxi Tivoli, which I’m re-reading for an upcoming article of mine.

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