Simile

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 from Wesley Morris. Even while on holiday (as I was for much of the month of August), I read the New York Times on my smartphone. This is how […]

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 metaphors and similes from Emma Cline… When I was young I had a stronger stomach for grisly novels. I read Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood (and loved it) as an 18-year-old, and,

Reading time: Less than 2 minutes 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 Stephanie Danler… Waitress and first-time author Stephanie Danler earned a jaw-dropping six-figure deal for her first novel, Sweetbitter. As a dedicated reader and a foodie, I

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 simile from Hilma Wolitzer… The book, A Story Larger Than My Own, edited by Janet Burroway, carries the intriguing subtitle: Women Writers Look Back on Their Lives and Careers. A collection of essays  by a

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 simile from Rachel Joyce… I read the novel The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, by Rachel Joyce, about three years ago and found it a delightful summer pastime. Harold Fry is a

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 simile from Patricia Volk… Food-related memoirs hold a special place in my heart, perhaps because I grew up in a “foodie” family where, after finishing Christmas dinner we would inevitably push our

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 from novelist Paula McLain… I discovered the American writer Paula McLain through her wildly successful novel, The Paris Wife —  a fictionalized account of Ernest Hemingway’s first marriage to Hadley Richardson. Seeking to

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 simile from Ben McGrath… I was serious about canoeing as a young person. The high point of my life, when I was 16 years old, was an 80-mile canoe trip around the Bowron

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 simile from Colm Toibin… I almost didn’t read the novel Brooklyn, by Colm Toibin (pictured above). I’d seen the Academy-Award-nominated movie and found it a bit dull. “Meh, that was just okay,” I thought.

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 from Abigail Thomas… When I heard about the memoir What Comes Next and How to Like It by Abigail Thomas, I knew I had to read it. Her father, Lewis Thomas, was