Figurative language

Reading time: About 1 minute I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about similes and metaphors from novelist Monica Ali… Monica Ali is a British writer of Bangladeshi and English heritage. In 2003, she was selected as one of the “Best […]

Reading time: About 1 minute I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about similes from the journalist Carl Bernstein…. The American investigative journalist and author Carl Bernstein was a hero when I was growing up. When he was a young

Reading time: About 1 minute I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about a series of images from Leah McLaren… Memoir is my favourite genre. Nevertheless, I knew I was taking something of a risk this summer when I picked

Reading time: About 1 minute I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about a series of images from Katy Tur…. Katy Tur is an American author and broadcast journalist who works as a correspondent for NBC News. She was also

Reading time: About 1 minute I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about some similes and metaphors from Australian writer Geraldine Brooks…. Geraldine Brooks is an author and journalist who grew up in Australia but who now lives in the

Reading time: About 2 minutes I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about a series of metaphors from Louis Bayard… Writer Louis Bayard seems to have a keen interest in the love lives of American presidents. His 2019 book, Courting

Reading time: About 2 minutes I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about a series of similes from Meg Mason… Meg Mason began her writing career as a journalist. She started with newspapers including The Financial Times and The Times,

Reading time: I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about a series of metaphors from novelist Gary Shteyngart… Author Gary Shteyngart is a really funny guy. Several years ago, I enjoyed his novel Super Sad True Love Story. And, more

Reading time: About 1 minute I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about a series of metaphors from Tana French. Generally, I don’t read murder mysteries. I find the genre too predictable and, often, the writing is pedestrian. I make

Reading time: About 1 minute I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about a series of similes  from Dwight Garner…. Dwight Garner is one of my favourite book reviewers in the New York Times. I especially enjoyed his recent take-down