if they preferred percussion to wind instruments, the trainers later told him, it was because they were worried that a snake might be hiding in the mouthpiece.
Wow, you weren’t kidding about the Roupenian piece on Kelly Link! Close readings should make you want to read the original text immediately, hoping to get in on the conversation between the two writers that you’ve been eavesdropping on, but this felt more like listening to a book report. Do we really need those first sentences explained line-by-line, not for their craft, but for how much they sound like a fairy tale? (And I don’t even fully agree with her categorizations!) Disappointing.
Wow, you weren’t kidding about the Roupenian piece on Kelly Link! Close readings should make you want to read the original text immediately, hoping to get in on the conversation between the two writers that you’ve been eavesdropping on, but this felt more like listening to a book report. Do we really need those first sentences explained line-by-line, not for their craft, but for how much they sound like a fairy tale? (And I don’t even fully agree with her categorizations!) Disappointing.