I just came across this...During my last semester at Iowa, I workshopped a story that drew intense criticism. One of my fellow workshoppers, in his feedback to me (see foto), drew a kind, orderly little ziggurat of narrative formulation (which he borrowed from writer Frank Conroy) and suggested I cut the poetic elements ("experimental stylations") from the story. On one hand, this kind of (lazy) feedback - rare, thank goodness - was the Workshop at its worst. Then again, all feedback is generous. It lets you know how your work is being perceived. This particular reader was so put off by the poetic turns that he couldn't access it (the story) at all.
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That ziggurat's strewn out.
I saw those sunflowers zap it.
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