LIVE! #37
2 January 2022
Agenda
- Why We're Here / Roundtable Rules
- Introduction to Literary Forensics
- Group Discussion
- Further Study
Why We're Here
We writers want to improve our craft
by reading like a writer
We learn from each other
using Literary Forensics
Roundtable Rules
Always refer back to the book
Practice active listening & serendipity
Every feeling and observation is valid...
but not every conclusion
Always refer back to the book
Reading Teaches Writing
Today's author: Patricia Lockwood
- Childhood in Ft. Wayne, St. Louis, Cincinnati
- Known primarily for:
- - Rape Joke (Poem, 2013)
- - Priestdaddy (Memoir, 2017)
- - 3 poetry collections (2012, 2014, 2017)
- Essays / Literary Criticism has appeared in
London Review of Books, The New Yorker
What do you feel?
What in the book elicited that feeling?
Every feeling and observation is valid...
but every conclusion should be questioned
We practice serendipity
- nothing is too crazy
Always refer back to the book
What do you notice?
No One Is Talking About This - Stats
- Marketing: Literary Satire Fiction, Humorous Literary Fiction, Satire Fiction
- Genre: Present-Day Medium-Form Miniplot
- Print Pages: 222; Reading Level: Grade 8-10
- Word count: 41,144; Avg. wds/sent.: 18.69
- Lexical Density: 44.93; Flesch Reading Ease: 68.03
- POV: She; Person: 3rd; Tense: Past
- Publish date: February 16, 2021
- Publisher: Riverhead Books
- Sold By: Penguin / Random House
- Audio book narr.: Kristen Sieh (4 hrs, 3 mins)
- Awards: shortlisted for Booker, 1st Novel Prize, Women's Prize
- No One... written 2017-2020 mostly on an iPhone
