Susan Stewart, "The Ruins Lesson: Meaning and Material in Western Culture" (U Chicago Press, 2020)
New Books in Literary Studies
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How Do You Write Academic Prose?
You are well known among academic scholars for the beauty of your prose. For instance, Eric Heo in the Elements of Academic Style uses passages from your book on longing as models for well-written academic prose. What are your values as a crafter of academic prose and perhaps how are they reflected in the passage that you just read for us? Well, thank you. That was news to me to learn about that book, but it's not really a book. It's a wonderful book for those who have an academic writing. And of course, I approach prose and poetry differently. As I revise, I read both forms aloud with my voice. We actually do read aloud even if we think
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