Figurative language

Reading time: About 1 minute I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about metaphors from Sarah Ruhl…. Sarah Ruhl is an award-winning American playwright, author, essayist, and professor. I can’t remember what led me to pick up her memoir, Smile: […]

Reading time: About 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 Valerie Perrin… The author Valerie Perrin was born in 1967 in Remiremont, France. Her first novel The Forgotten Sunday , which was

Reading time: About 1 minute 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 Matt Haig…. I’m not usually a fan of what’s variously described as magical realism, speculative fiction or fantasy. I try

Reading time: About 1 minute I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about similes and metaphors from Ross Douthat… I always enjoy a good medical mystery story and the true-to-life tale of Ross Douthat certainly falls into that category. Struck

Reading time: About 1 minute I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about a series of metaphors from crime writer Tana French…. I’ve become a recent fan of the Irish crime writer Tana French. I like the way she uses

Reading time: About 1 minute I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about a series of images from Etgar Keret… Etgar Keret is an Israeli writer known for his short stories, graphic novels, and scriptwriting for film and television. I was completely

Reading time: About 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 Deborah Copaken…. Deborah Copaken is a photojournalist, Emmy-Award-winning news producer and and New York Times bestselling author of several books, including her

Reading time: About 1 minute 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 Madeleine Watts… Madeleine Watts, who grew up in Australia, but who has been based in New York since 2013, writes

Reading time: About 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 Belinda Bauer…. I didn’t used to read many mysteries, but the Belinda Bauer book, Snap, was a gift from a friend. I

Reading time: About 2 minutes In his life as a journalist, James Fitzgerald has relatively recently turned to book writing and his 2010 memoir shows a keen eye and ear for figurative language… The first book of journalist James Fitzgerald was, Old Boys: the Powerful Legacy of Upper Canada College