Reading time: Less than 1 minute I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about some figurative language from Jill Lepore… I am so profoundly tired of the American election that when I rediscovered a note I’d written to myself about it back in August, I sighed. Isn’t it […]
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Reading time: Less than 2 minutes I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today with a host of figurative language from Dominic Smith. Writer Dominic Smith (pictured above) grew up in Sydney, Australia and now lives in Austin, Texas. He is the author of my favourite novel (so far)
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Reading time: Just over 1 minute I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about a series of similes and metaphors from Jonathan Lee… The novel High Dive has an arresting plot. It’s the fictionalized re-telling of an attempt to kill British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in 1984, while she was attending a Conservative Party
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Reading time: Less than 1 minute I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about a series of similes and metaphors from New York Times columnist Frank Bruni… I had resolved not to write another word about Donald Trump but New York Times columnist Frank Bruni has
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Reading time: Less than 1 minute The challenge of slogan-writing should become clear when you listen to the genesis of the phrase: from showers to flowers… In listening to a podcast last week (apologies — I failed to remember the name of the podcast) I heard a politician reflect on a political message that had gone awry. The idea had been to promote the
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Reading time: Less than 1 minute Even though the Brexit vote is no laughing matter, columnist Frank Bruni managed to get some laughs and a clever extended metaphor out of it… The results of the recent Brexit vote have made me sad. A common European market gave the British economy plenty of room to grow.
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Reading time: Less than 1 minute I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about a metaphor from Timothy Gallwey… I must have read the book The Inner Game of Tennis some 30 years ago, even though I’ve never played the game. by W. Timothy Gallwey. I recognized that
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Reading time: Less than 1 minute I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about a metaphor from Rebecca Solnit… If you’re familiar with my blog you’ll know that I am an inveterate walker. Not only do I always walk to get my groceries, go to the library
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Reading time: Less than 1 minute I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about a metaphor from Melissa Hill… I’m glad to be in my 50s rather than my 20s. This thought crosses my mind frequently, as it did when I read the article “Can Tylenol
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Reading time: Less than 1 minute I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about a metaphor and a simile from Celeste Ng… I don’t typically read mysteries or thrillers but I’m always willing to make exceptions when something literary crosses my desk. My husband recently passed
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