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Caveat Scriptor

...It's not a prerequisite, of course, but if a piece of writing is any good, chances are it's probably offensive to someone. (Paraphrasing John Irving-A Widow for One Year) So, writer beware... Wo......

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Categories: john irving, humor, writing,
Form: Light Verse

Life Can Be Compromising

..."Living here can be compromising" says Dad to Danny in a John Irving novel. Isn't that our universal truth? Living here is a compromising series of on-purpose accidents. Living is compromisi......

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Categories: john irving, death, integrity, life, trust,
Form: Prose Poetry

The Ambiguous Apprentice

...When does ambiguously free verse also become emphatically political verbing verse? I was emphatically reading pieces ambiguously written about my sons, to my oldest son's girlfriend. The l......

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Categories: john irving, art, humor, joy, poetry,
Form: Free verse

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