Crafting Patience and Permanence in “God’s Children are Little Broken Things” – Chicago Review of Books

Crafting Patience and Permanence in “God’s Children are Little Broken Things” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] Published in the Winter 2022 issue of Michigan Quarterly Review, Joe Sacksteder’s craft essay, “Against Quirky Writing,” captures many of the editorial frustrations I find when regularly reading through submissions. The trend toward defamiliarizing and unconventional prose is not so bad on its own, but when unusual language and complex punctuation are all that … Read more