August 2019
Beginner
304 pages
8h 11m
English
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Abbey, Edward, 104
abstract language, 174
Ackerman, Diane, 40
adjective/adverb “purge,” 198
“Adorable Things” (Shōnagon), 130–131
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Twain), 35, 38
“After Yitzl” (Goldbarth), 175
“Afternoon of an American Boy” (White), 10–11
“Against Technique” (Lott), 159
The Age of Missing Information (McKibben), 72–73
agenting approach, in workshop, 206–207
agents, literary, 222
Als, Hilton, 74
Andrew, Elizabeth Jarrett, 195–196
Angela’s Ashes (McCourt), 29
animals, 40–41
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