Word: metaphor
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...same for transfer students who come from colleges where bad writing gets good grades. Criticism of one's teaching or writing is never easy to take, but it is dished out as fairly in Expos as one is likely to get anywhere else. Richard's language is rich in metaphor and he has a host of stories that he uses to reinforce his points. He comes from Tennessee, as do I, where this is a common affliction...
...perhaps that's not an apt metaphor," hesaid...
...lyrical Orpheus Descending, Jon Klein's rowdy T Bone 'n Weasel and Mamet's own burst of cynicism, The Water Engine. Each has been respected yet retooled to broaden its reach. While A Life in the Theatre is steeped in particulars of the stage, it works as a powerful metaphor for life in any career. Older people are always feeling that tradition is being dishonored and their accumulated lore and knowledge devalued. Younger people always impatiently demand their turn...
...that begins "God damn the day I was born and the night that forced me from the womb." Susan Avishal looks at portraiture in a completely different way. Trained as an illustrator, she draws detailed close-ups of the clothing that people wear; she describes her work as "a metaphor for any covering which can both hide and reveal what is underneath...
Perhaps befitting its tradition of rowdy politics from whence this metaphor traces its roots, Boston is a bandwagon town. Show us a bandwagon, we'll jump on it. One going the other way is even more alluring...