This beautifully illustrated guide to Chinese paper collage art demonstrates the techniques and philosophy behind this creative and fun art form.Paper collage art has a special charm. It can be as exquisite as oil painting or as freehand (xieyi) as ink wash painting. A paper collage art is a perfect mean to express humor and romance, demonstrate subjective perspectives and emotions, record special moments, and depict favorite scenes. Collage Art teaches you how to pick up some magazines, newspaper, and color paper around you that are no longer needed and put your ideas onto a piece of paper. You can create some decorations for your desk, bedroom, office, as well as some collage crafts for your friends on festivals and weddings. These collages not only present your unique style but also will also get lots of compliments!.
Shanghai Book Traders
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9781602200234
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Print book
The Queens' English
By Davis, Chloe O.
Do you know where "yaaaas queen!" comes from? Do you know the difference between a bear and a wolf? Do you know what all the letters in LGBTQIA stand for?The Queens' English is a comprehensive guide to modern gay slang, queer theory terms, and playful colloquialisms that define and celebrate LGBTQIA culture. This modern dictionary provides an in-depth look at queer language, from terms influenced by celebrated lesbian poet Sappho and from New York's underground queer ball culture in the 1980s to today's celebration of RuPaul's Drag Race.The glossary of terms is supported by full-color illustrations and photography throughout, as well as real-life usage examples for those who don't quite know how to use "kiki," "polysexual," or "transmasculine" in a sentence.
Publisher: n/a
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9780593135006
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Hardcover
The Crime Without a Name
By Pitner, Barrett Holmes
In this incisive blend of personal narrative and philosophical inquiry, journalist and activist Barrett Holmes Pitner seeks a new way to talk about racism in America. Ethnocide, first coined in 1944 by Jewish exile Raphael Lemkin (who also coined the term genocide) , describes the systemic erasure of a people's ancestral culture. Dating back to the transatlantic slave trade and reaching new resonance in a post-Trump world, Black Americans have endured this atrocity for generations. The Crime Without a Name guides readers through: In this incisive blend of personal narrative and philosophical inquiry, journalist and activist Barrett Holmes Pitner seeks a new way to talk about racism in America. Ethnocide, first coined in 1944 by Jewish exile Raphael Lemkin (who also coined the term genocide) , describes the systemic erasure of a people's ancestral culture.
Counterpoint
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9781640094840
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Hardcover
25 Great Sentences and How They Got That Way
By Woods, Geraldine
A guide to the artistry that lifts a sentence from good to great.We all know the basic structure of a sentence: a subject/verb pair expressing a complete thought and ending with proper punctuation. But that classroom definition doesn't begin to describe the ways in which these elements can combine to resonate with us as we read, to make us stop and think, laugh or cry.In 25 Great Sentences and How They Got That Way, master teacher Geraldine Woods unpacks powerful examples of what she instead prefers to define as "the smallest element differentiating one writer's style from another's, a literary universe in a grain of sand." And that universe is very large: the hundreds of memorable sentences gathered here come from sources as wide-ranging as Edith Wharton and Yogi Berra, Toni Morrison and Yoda, T.
W. W. Norton & Company
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9781324004851
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Hardcover
Kingdom of Characters
By Tsu, Jing
After a meteoric rise, China today is one of the world's most powerful nations. Just a century ago, it was a crumbling empire with literacy reserved for the elite few, as the world underwent a massive technological transformation that threatened to leave them behind. In Kingdom of Characters, Jing Tsu argues that China's most daunting challenge was a linguistic one: the century-long fight to make the formidable Chinese language accessible to the modern world of global trade and digital technology. Kingdom of Characters follows the bold innovators who adapted the Chinese language to a world designed for the Roman alphabet and requiring standardization, from an exiled reformer who risked a death sentence to advocate for Mandarin as a national language to the imprisoned computer engineer who devised input codes for Chinese characters on the lid of a teacup.
Riverhead Books
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9780735214729
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Hardcover
Because Internet
By Mcculloch, Gretchen
A linguistically informed look at how our digital world is transforming the English language.Language is humanity's most spectacular open-source project, and the internet is making our language change faster and in more interesting ways than ever before. Internet conversations are structured by the shape of our apps and platforms, from the grammar of status updates to the protocols of comments and @replies. Linguistically inventive online communities spread new slang and jargon with dizzying speed. What's more, social media is a vast laboratory of unedited, unfiltered words where we can watch language evolve in real time.Even the most absurd-looking slang has genuine patterns behind it. Internet linguist Gretchen McCulloch explores the deep forces that shape human language and influence the way we communicate with one another. She explains how your first social internet experience influences whether you prefer "LOL" or "lol," why ~sparkly tildes~ succeeded where centuries of proposals for irony punctuation had failed, what emoji have in common with physical gestures, and how the artfully disarrayed language of animal memes like lolcats and doggo made them more likely to spread.Because Internet is essential reading for anyone who's ever puzzled over how to punctuate a text message or wondered where memes come from. It's the perfect book for understanding how the internet is changing the English language, why that's a good thing, and what our online interactions reveal about who we are.
Riverhead Books
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9780735210936
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Hardcover
Cultish
By Montell, Amanda
The author of the widely praised Wordslut analyzes the social science of cult influence: how cultish groups from Jonestown and Scientology to SoulCycle and social media gurus use language as the ultimate form of power. What makes "cults" so intriguing and frightening? What makes them powerful? The reason why so many of us binge Manson documentaries by the dozen and fall down rabbit holes researching suburban moms gone QAnon is because we're looking for a satisfying explanation for what causes people to join - and more importantly, stay in - extreme groups. We secretly want to know: could it happen to me? Amanda Montell's argument is that, on some level, it already has . . .Our culture tends to provide pretty lame answers to questions of cult influence, mostly having to do with vague talk of "brainwashing.
HarperCollins B and Blackstone Publishing; Unabridged edition
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9781665097253
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Audio CD
Translating Myself and Others
By Lahiri, Jhumpa
Luminous essays on translation and self-translation by the award-winning writer and literary translatorTranslating Myself and Others is a collection of candid and disarmingly personal essays by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri, who reflects on her emerging identity as a translator as well as a writer in two languages.With subtlety and emotional immediacy, Lahiri draws on Ovid's myth of Echo and Narcissus to explore the distinction between writing and translating, and provides a close reading of passages from Aristotle's Poetics to talk more broadly about writing, desire, and freedom. She traces the theme of translation in Antonio Gramsci's Prison Notebooks and takes up the question of Italo Calvino's popularity as a translated author. Lahiri considers the unique challenge of translating her own work from Italian to English, the question "Why Italian?," and the singular pleasures of translating contemporary and ancient writers.
Publisher: n/a
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9780691231167
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Hardcover
1100 Words You Need to Know
By Carriero, Richard
Over the years, thousands of students preparing for the SAT, ACT, GRE, and other standardized tests have relied on 1100 Words You Need to Know as an ideal way to strengthen their word power. With this brand-new edition, test prep expert Richard Carriero provides a fully updated and invaluable resource for students - or for anyone who wants to boost their vocabulary. 1100 Words You Need to Know features a weekly program with six words to learn each day and one day for review. With just 15 minutes a day, you'll learn everything you need to improve your reading, writing, and speaking skills. This fully revised edition includes:Word lists with definitions in all new thematic grouping Helpful tips on word rootsUpdated words in context exercises, activities, and quizzes throughout An updated pronunciation guideThree online quizzes with automated scoring to test your progress.
Publisher: n/a
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9781506271187
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Eighth Edition
First You Write a Sentence
By Moran, Joe
"Do you want to write clearer, livelier prose? This witty primer will help." - The New York Times Book Review
An exploration of how the most ordinary words can be turned into verbal constellations of extraordinary grace through the art of building sentences
The sentence is the common ground where every writer walks. A good sentence can be written (and read) by anyone if we simply give it the gift of our time, and it is as close as most of us will get to making something truly beautiful. Using minimal technical terms and sources ranging from the Bible and Shakespeare to George Orwell and Maggie Nelson, as well as scientific studies of what can best fire the readers mind, author Joe Moran shows how we can all write in a way that is clear, compelling and alive.
Whether dealing with finding the ideal word, building a sentence, or constructing a paragraph, First You Write a Sentence informs by light example: much richer than a style guide, it can be read not only for instruction but for pleasure and delight. And along the way, it shows how good writing can help us notice the world, make ourselves known to others, and live more meaningful lives. Its an elegant gem in praise of the English sentence. Read more Continue reading Read less REVIEW
"Do you want to write clearer, livelier prose? This witty primer will help. . . . Humane and witty . . . At the calm heart of Morans rhetorically affable book is an idea of adroit aplomb. . . . As a primer in generous and lively writing, First You Write a Sentence is blithe and convincing."
- The New York Times Book Review
"Thoughtful reflections on how to write well . . . Moran is a thoroughly sane, thoughtful commentator."
- The Guardian (Book of the Week)
"Joe Moran is a wonderfully sharp writer, calm, precise, and quietly comical. . . . Morans own sentences are perfect advertisements for the aims they espouse. . . . He writes with a playful clarity that makes First You Write a Sentence a joy to read."
- The Mail on Sunday (London)
"Splendid . . . Moran writes fluidly and elegantly, offering practical advice on giving ones writing texture and verve."
- Kirkus Reviews
"[An] elegant and winding book-length love letter . . . [First You Write a Sentence] is expansive, diving into myriad topics related to sentence composition and efficacy, and Morans infatuation endures through it all. Writers and linguists have much to gain from Morans manic and probing research, but its Morans enthusiasm for the vitality of language that will engage any and all readers."
- BOOKLIST
"Heartfelt . . . [Moran] provides many pieces of useful advice [and] makes persuasive arguments for the virtues of succinct, plain writing and for a more ornate style without definitively favoring either - the key is to be adept at whichever is chosen. . . . Anyone who has waxed poetic about good writing will enjoy parts of Morans book."
- Publishers Weekly
"It takes chutzpah to write a book about writing sentences. Between every full stop lies the potential to fail by your own standards, as countless style guide writers have done before. But Joe Moran has a perfect ear for English. First You Write a Sentenceis an edifying joy."
- Lynne Murphy, author of The Prodigal Tongue: The Love-Hate Relationship Between American and British English
"Thoughtful, engaging, and lively exposé of the quirks and beauties of the full sentence . . . Its a style guide by stealth: when youve read it, you realize youve changed your attitude to writing (and reading) ."
- John Simpson, former chief editor of theOxford English Dictionaryand author ofThe Word Detective
"What a lovely thing this is: a book that delights in the sheer textural joy of good sentences. Joe Moran has written a book about writing that is itself a collection of sentences to inspire, divert, and console. Any writer should read it, if only to be reminded how crazily hard it is to write words in such a way that they can be deciphered in your absence."
- Bee Wilson, author of Consider the Fork and First Bite ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Joe Moran is a professor of English and Cultural History at Liverpool John Moores University. EXCERPT. REPRINTED BY PERMISSION. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
1.
A Pedants Apology
Or why I wrote this book
First I write a sentence. I get a tickle of an idea for how the words might come together, like an angler feeling a tug on the rods line. Then I sound out the sentence in my head. Then I tap it on my keyboard, trying to recall its shape. Then I look at it and say it aloud, to see if it sings. Then I tweak, rejig, shave off a syllable, swap a word for a phrase or a phrase for a word. Then I sit it next to other sentences to see how it behaves in company. And then I delete it all and start again.
If there were a pie chart that divided up my time on earth, the colored slice that covers writing sentences would be the biggest, apart from the one that covers the thing everyone does: sleeping. I dont count how much writing I have done each day, but if I did I wouldnt count words, Id count sentences. Sentences are my core output, the little widgets I make in my workshop of words. It helps to think of it like this, as just cranking out a daily quota of sentences, instead of being a writer, which feels like a claim that will need to be stamped and approved. I write maybe three and a half thousand sentences a year. Is this too many, or not enough, or about right? I have no idea. I write one sentence, then another, and repeat until done. I dont know when done is.
Some writers claim to have sentences in their heads hollering to get out. Flaubert wrote that he was "itching" with them. These writers just seem to have a knack for putting words into right-seeming order, as if it were a skill as randomly allotted as being able to wiggle ones ears. Not me. But I can spot a good tune when I hear it. I know what a good
Paper Collage Chinese Style
By Museum., Zhu Liqun Paper Arts
This beautifully illustrated guide to Chinese paper collage art demonstrates the techniques and philosophy behind this creative and fun art form.Paper collage art has a special charm. It can be as exquisite as oil painting or as freehand (xieyi) as ink wash painting. A paper collage art is a perfect mean to express humor and romance, demonstrate subjective perspectives and emotions, record special moments, and depict favorite scenes. Collage Art teaches you how to pick up some magazines, newspaper, and color paper around you that are no longer needed and put your ideas onto a piece of paper. You can create some decorations for your desk, bedroom, office, as well as some collage crafts for your friends on festivals and weddings. These collages not only present your unique style but also will also get lots of compliments!.
The Queens' English
By Davis, Chloe O.
Do you know where "yaaaas queen!" comes from? Do you know the difference between a bear and a wolf? Do you know what all the letters in LGBTQIA stand for?The Queens' English is a comprehensive guide to modern gay slang, queer theory terms, and playful colloquialisms that define and celebrate LGBTQIA culture. This modern dictionary provides an in-depth look at queer language, from terms influenced by celebrated lesbian poet Sappho and from New York's underground queer ball culture in the 1980s to today's celebration of RuPaul's Drag Race.The glossary of terms is supported by full-color illustrations and photography throughout, as well as real-life usage examples for those who don't quite know how to use "kiki," "polysexual," or "transmasculine" in a sentence.
The Crime Without a Name
By Pitner, Barrett Holmes
In this incisive blend of personal narrative and philosophical inquiry, journalist and activist Barrett Holmes Pitner seeks a new way to talk about racism in America. Ethnocide, first coined in 1944 by Jewish exile Raphael Lemkin (who also coined the term genocide) , describes the systemic erasure of a people's ancestral culture. Dating back to the transatlantic slave trade and reaching new resonance in a post-Trump world, Black Americans have endured this atrocity for generations. The Crime Without a Name guides readers through: In this incisive blend of personal narrative and philosophical inquiry, journalist and activist Barrett Holmes Pitner seeks a new way to talk about racism in America. Ethnocide, first coined in 1944 by Jewish exile Raphael Lemkin (who also coined the term genocide) , describes the systemic erasure of a people's ancestral culture.
25 Great Sentences and How They Got That Way
By Woods, Geraldine
A guide to the artistry that lifts a sentence from good to great.We all know the basic structure of a sentence: a subject/verb pair expressing a complete thought and ending with proper punctuation. But that classroom definition doesn't begin to describe the ways in which these elements can combine to resonate with us as we read, to make us stop and think, laugh or cry.In 25 Great Sentences and How They Got That Way, master teacher Geraldine Woods unpacks powerful examples of what she instead prefers to define as "the smallest element differentiating one writer's style from another's, a literary universe in a grain of sand." And that universe is very large: the hundreds of memorable sentences gathered here come from sources as wide-ranging as Edith Wharton and Yogi Berra, Toni Morrison and Yoda, T.
Kingdom of Characters
By Tsu, Jing
After a meteoric rise, China today is one of the world's most powerful nations. Just a century ago, it was a crumbling empire with literacy reserved for the elite few, as the world underwent a massive technological transformation that threatened to leave them behind. In Kingdom of Characters, Jing Tsu argues that China's most daunting challenge was a linguistic one: the century-long fight to make the formidable Chinese language accessible to the modern world of global trade and digital technology. Kingdom of Characters follows the bold innovators who adapted the Chinese language to a world designed for the Roman alphabet and requiring standardization, from an exiled reformer who risked a death sentence to advocate for Mandarin as a national language to the imprisoned computer engineer who devised input codes for Chinese characters on the lid of a teacup.
Because Internet
By Mcculloch, Gretchen
A linguistically informed look at how our digital world is transforming the English language.Language is humanity's most spectacular open-source project, and the internet is making our language change faster and in more interesting ways than ever before. Internet conversations are structured by the shape of our apps and platforms, from the grammar of status updates to the protocols of comments and @replies. Linguistically inventive online communities spread new slang and jargon with dizzying speed. What's more, social media is a vast laboratory of unedited, unfiltered words where we can watch language evolve in real time.Even the most absurd-looking slang has genuine patterns behind it. Internet linguist Gretchen McCulloch explores the deep forces that shape human language and influence the way we communicate with one another. She explains how your first social internet experience influences whether you prefer "LOL" or "lol," why ~sparkly tildes~ succeeded where centuries of proposals for irony punctuation had failed, what emoji have in common with physical gestures, and how the artfully disarrayed language of animal memes like lolcats and doggo made them more likely to spread.Because Internet is essential reading for anyone who's ever puzzled over how to punctuate a text message or wondered where memes come from. It's the perfect book for understanding how the internet is changing the English language, why that's a good thing, and what our online interactions reveal about who we are.
Cultish
By Montell, Amanda
The author of the widely praised Wordslut analyzes the social science of cult influence: how cultish groups from Jonestown and Scientology to SoulCycle and social media gurus use language as the ultimate form of power. What makes "cults" so intriguing and frightening? What makes them powerful? The reason why so many of us binge Manson documentaries by the dozen and fall down rabbit holes researching suburban moms gone QAnon is because we're looking for a satisfying explanation for what causes people to join - and more importantly, stay in - extreme groups. We secretly want to know: could it happen to me? Amanda Montell's argument is that, on some level, it already has . . .Our culture tends to provide pretty lame answers to questions of cult influence, mostly having to do with vague talk of "brainwashing.
Translating Myself and Others
By Lahiri, Jhumpa
Luminous essays on translation and self-translation by the award-winning writer and literary translatorTranslating Myself and Others is a collection of candid and disarmingly personal essays by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri, who reflects on her emerging identity as a translator as well as a writer in two languages.With subtlety and emotional immediacy, Lahiri draws on Ovid's myth of Echo and Narcissus to explore the distinction between writing and translating, and provides a close reading of passages from Aristotle's Poetics to talk more broadly about writing, desire, and freedom. She traces the theme of translation in Antonio Gramsci's Prison Notebooks and takes up the question of Italo Calvino's popularity as a translated author. Lahiri considers the unique challenge of translating her own work from Italian to English, the question "Why Italian?," and the singular pleasures of translating contemporary and ancient writers.
1100 Words You Need to Know
By Carriero, Richard
Over the years, thousands of students preparing for the SAT, ACT, GRE, and other standardized tests have relied on 1100 Words You Need to Know as an ideal way to strengthen their word power. With this brand-new edition, test prep expert Richard Carriero provides a fully updated and invaluable resource for students - or for anyone who wants to boost their vocabulary. 1100 Words You Need to Know features a weekly program with six words to learn each day and one day for review. With just 15 minutes a day, you'll learn everything you need to improve your reading, writing, and speaking skills. This fully revised edition includes:Word lists with definitions in all new thematic grouping Helpful tips on word rootsUpdated words in context exercises, activities, and quizzes throughout An updated pronunciation guideThree online quizzes with automated scoring to test your progress.
First You Write a Sentence
By Moran, Joe
"Do you want to write clearer, livelier prose? This witty primer will help." - The New York Times Book Review An exploration of how the most ordinary words can be turned into verbal constellations of extraordinary grace through the art of building sentences The sentence is the common ground where every writer walks. A good sentence can be written (and read) by anyone if we simply give it the gift of our time, and it is as close as most of us will get to making something truly beautiful. Using minimal technical terms and sources ranging from the Bible and Shakespeare to George Orwell and Maggie Nelson, as well as scientific studies of what can best fire the readers mind, author Joe Moran shows how we can all write in a way that is clear, compelling and alive. Whether dealing with finding the ideal word, building a sentence, or constructing a paragraph, First You Write a Sentence informs by light example: much richer than a style guide, it can be read not only for instruction but for pleasure and delight. And along the way, it shows how good writing can help us notice the world, make ourselves known to others, and live more meaningful lives. Its an elegant gem in praise of the English sentence. Read more Continue reading Read less REVIEW "Do you want to write clearer, livelier prose? This witty primer will help. . . . Humane and witty . . . At the calm heart of Morans rhetorically affable book is an idea of adroit aplomb. . . . As a primer in generous and lively writing, First You Write a Sentence is blithe and convincing." - The New York Times Book Review "Thoughtful reflections on how to write well . . . Moran is a thoroughly sane, thoughtful commentator." - The Guardian (Book of the Week) "Joe Moran is a wonderfully sharp writer, calm, precise, and quietly comical. . . . Morans own sentences are perfect advertisements for the aims they espouse. . . . He writes with a playful clarity that makes First You Write a Sentence a joy to read." - The Mail on Sunday (London) "Splendid . . . Moran writes fluidly and elegantly, offering practical advice on giving ones writing texture and verve." - Kirkus Reviews "[An] elegant and winding book-length love letter . . . [First You Write a Sentence] is expansive, diving into myriad topics related to sentence composition and efficacy, and Morans infatuation endures through it all. Writers and linguists have much to gain from Morans manic and probing research, but its Morans enthusiasm for the vitality of language that will engage any and all readers." - BOOKLIST "Heartfelt . . . [Moran] provides many pieces of useful advice [and] makes persuasive arguments for the virtues of succinct, plain writing and for a more ornate style without definitively favoring either - the key is to be adept at whichever is chosen. . . . Anyone who has waxed poetic about good writing will enjoy parts of Morans book." - Publishers Weekly "It takes chutzpah to write a book about writing sentences. Between every full stop lies the potential to fail by your own standards, as countless style guide writers have done before. But Joe Moran has a perfect ear for English. First You Write a Sentenceis an edifying joy." - Lynne Murphy, author of The Prodigal Tongue: The Love-Hate Relationship Between American and British English "Thoughtful, engaging, and lively exposé of the quirks and beauties of the full sentence . . . Its a style guide by stealth: when youve read it, you realize youve changed your attitude to writing (and reading) ." - John Simpson, former chief editor of theOxford English Dictionaryand author ofThe Word Detective "What a lovely thing this is: a book that delights in the sheer textural joy of good sentences. Joe Moran has written a book about writing that is itself a collection of sentences to inspire, divert, and console. Any writer should read it, if only to be reminded how crazily hard it is to write words in such a way that they can be deciphered in your absence." - Bee Wilson, author of Consider the Fork and First Bite ABOUT THE AUTHOR Joe Moran is a professor of English and Cultural History at Liverpool John Moores University. EXCERPT. REPRINTED BY PERMISSION. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 1. A Pedants Apology Or why I wrote this book First I write a sentence. I get a tickle of an idea for how the words might come together, like an angler feeling a tug on the rods line. Then I sound out the sentence in my head. Then I tap it on my keyboard, trying to recall its shape. Then I look at it and say it aloud, to see if it sings. Then I tweak, rejig, shave off a syllable, swap a word for a phrase or a phrase for a word. Then I sit it next to other sentences to see how it behaves in company. And then I delete it all and start again. If there were a pie chart that divided up my time on earth, the colored slice that covers writing sentences would be the biggest, apart from the one that covers the thing everyone does: sleeping. I dont count how much writing I have done each day, but if I did I wouldnt count words, Id count sentences. Sentences are my core output, the little widgets I make in my workshop of words. It helps to think of it like this, as just cranking out a daily quota of sentences, instead of being a writer, which feels like a claim that will need to be stamped and approved. I write maybe three and a half thousand sentences a year. Is this too many, or not enough, or about right? I have no idea. I write one sentence, then another, and repeat until done. I dont know when done is. Some writers claim to have sentences in their heads hollering to get out. Flaubert wrote that he was "itching" with them. These writers just seem to have a knack for putting words into right-seeming order, as if it were a skill as randomly allotted as being able to wiggle ones ears. Not me. But I can spot a good tune when I hear it. I know what a good