The Longcut

The LongcutAuthor: Emily Hall ISBN: 9781628973976 Publisher: Deep Vellum Publishing Year first published: 16 Aug 2022 Pages: 120 Format: Paperback softback The narrator of The Longcut is an artist who doesn't know what her art is. As she gets lost on her way to a meeting in an art gallery, walking around in circles in a city she knows perfectly well, she finds herself endlessly sidetracked and distracted by the question of what her work is and how she'll know it

yet humorous

The book emphasises the idea of intertextual narratability which holds that for narratives to become dominant they have to link themselves to previously existing stories

John Daniel climbed into his pickup

and the Maly Drama Theatre of Europe

Benjamin finds himself and his future transformed by two unexpected emotions: blooming hope and enduring love

animals are realities and symbols that demonstrate cultural principles of North American Ojibwe nations

Their legendary hexmasters can destroy whole armies and turn battlefields into fiery lakes of lava

public policy and political history

The book argues that the substances and their histories have shaped cultural consciousness

Drawing upon her years of teaching with students

The charismatic Lafayette

The shift from writing death to interpreting the signs of death is explored in relation to the work of Poe