Mar 022013
Douglas Glover changing the world one reader at a time…
dg
I reviewed a book a while back that has stayed with me for many months and has affected the way I write and read, and it’s opened my eyes to a weakness in much creative writing, even in published books. Douglas Glover’s Attack of the Copula Spiders (Biblioasis, 2012) criticizes many aspects of fiction, but saves its most withering scorn for the rampant and indiscriminate use of copulas.
Join the club, brother.
Excellent review and might be good to use with (undergrad) students, who could be more persuaded by the opinion of a blogger and journalist.
I’m a big fan of the but-construction!