Tag: fiona murphy
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My 6 Favourite Books of 2021
Top 3 Fiction A Deadly Education, Naomi Novik I snuck this one in in the last week of 2021, and was overwhelmingly grateful to have the sequel, ‘The Last Graduate’ waiting next to my bed. I would have been devastated to have read something SO GOOD, and not be able to keep reading. What I…
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This is Your Brain on Metaphor
When I teach lyric writing, the first concept I introduce in any class is the power and impact of sense-based language. I usually start with a sort of psychological magic trick: I read a list of words, then ask people to recall as many as they can. Without mentioning this to the class, I have…