Word: craft
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Gornick’s vindication of her craft comes not only through explicit statements such as this, but through the depth and clarity of her criticism and The Situation and The Story itself. Though she could perhaps have used more examples from her own writings to explain and illustrate the importance of narrative persona, and at times she did seem to lose focus while looking at and discussing many of the works she loves. Yet The Situation and the Story remains a uniquely lucid and entertaining little book that shows a passion for and depth of understanding of personal narration...
...writing: their own as well as that of others.” That idea is what separates Gornick’s book from the myriad of texts for would be writers and allows it to become an important tool for all readers looking for greater understanding of the craft of reading and writing personal nonfiction...
...York’s finest and bravest. These are what real heroes look like, the sportswriters were quick to remind us. Not the man chasing 70. Not the guy who hits one of two free throws to pull his team past the Clippers. The writers found both their craft and their subject humbled. They produced their commentary almost apologetically...
...Asleep Overrated CIVILIAN SPACE FLIGHT Dutch firm MirCorp has signed a deal with Russian spacecraft maker Energiya to build and launch a private space station into orbit in 2004. Called Mini Station 1, the cramped craft is part of a $100 million project to send three touristronauts in orbit for 20 days at a time...
...string Portuguese guitar and a Spanish guitar, the traditional fado instruments, and a bass guitar. The 12-string guitarist, Custodio Castelo, is Branco's husband as well as her chief collaborator in songwriting. She presents him with a poem she likes, usually Portuguese, and the two of them craft it into song...