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Alan Bray
- Jul 13, 2023
- 5 min
Baby The Rain Must Fall
This week, let’s continue looking at After Rain by William Trevor. During the first scene that shows the protagonist, Harriet, having...
Alan Bray
- Jul 6, 2023
- 5 min
After Rain
This week, after two abstract pieces about re-reading and time, let’s return to a writing example, William Trevor’s short story After...
Alan Bray
- Jun 29, 2023
- 5 min
Time Remembered
An excellent novel or short story is immersive. The “story-world” becomes the reader’s world; one feels as if one knows the characters,...
Alan Bray
- Jun 22, 2023
- 4 min
Re-Read
All reading is re-reading, according to some very savvy folks. This sounds like a paradox, my friends, after all, reading is different...
Alan Bray
- Jun 15, 2023
- 4 min
Surprise!
In my exploration of Gilead, the first book of four by Marilynne Robinson, I have attempted to look more at its writerly aspects vs. the...
Alan Bray
- Jun 1, 2023
- 5 min
The Prodigal Son
I think it’s fair to say that the central conflict/story in Gilead is within the relationship between Rev. Ames and Jack Boughton....
Alan Bray
- May 18, 2023
- 7 min
Please Read The Letter That I Wrote
What is the style of Gilead? I find it harder to analyze Gilead as a piece of fiction because it reads like a convincing memoir and/or...
Alan Bray
- May 4, 2023
- 5 min
Gilead
“I told you last night that I might be gone sometime, and you said, Where? And I said, To be with the Good Lord, and you said, Why? and I...