On the patience of long sentences, and the rooms we read in.
A scholar’s notebook on books, attention, and the work of writing a literary life — sent quietly, once a week.
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A scholar of literary form and a working writer.
MD Crackower is a writer, scholar, and book reviewer working at the intersection of literary criticism and book culture. Her essays and reviews have appeared in independent literary journals and university press publications.
“What I am after is the long sentence — the one a reader has to slow down for, and is the better for slowing.”