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Alan Bray
- Oct 17, 2023
- 4 min
The Abyss - Anything Is Posiible
First, here's a no doubt surprising but at the same time evident deviation. My usual habit is to publish a new installment of this blog...
Alan Bray
- Oct 12, 2023
- 5 min
Is That A Polyphony I Hear? - Anything Is Possible
‘Kay, during our time discussing Elizabeth’s Strout’s Anything Is Possible, I know that you’ve been itching to suggest that the structure...
Alan Bray
- Oct 5, 2023
- 4 min
The Hit-Thumb Theory - Anything Is Possible
Let’s continue our exploration of Elizabeth Strout’s Anything Is Possible. Last time, we began looking at a prime structural feature of...
Alan Bray
- Sep 28, 2023
- 5 min
Transformative Hunt
Last time, we began discussing Elizabeth Strout’s Anything Is Possible, focusing on how the nine stories are linked by theme and...
Alan Bray
- Sep 21, 2023
- 4 min
Anything Is Possible
This week, a new one, Elizabeth Strout’s 2017 book Anything Is Possible. Dena recommended Elizabeth Strout to me; I’ve read Olive...
Alan Bray
- Aug 5, 2021
- 4 min
Synergy
One of the ways Olive K. is novel-like is the development throughout the book of the main character, Olive Kitteridge. The first chapter,...
Alan Bray
- Jul 29, 2021
- 4 min
Where or When?
Is Olive K. a dis-continuous narrative in the manner of such modernist works as Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury? So says the Wikipedia...
Alan Bray
- Jul 22, 2021
- 6 min
Overcoming Stage Fright
‘Kay. A long post today, so let’s begin. No interruptions, please, we can take questions at the end. Last week, we considered the concept...