The author argues that true reading skill lies in attending to how ideas are expressed, the flow, structure, and movement of thought, rather than reducing texts to mere content or storyline. Beyond ...

The literary landscape of the 21st century seems more and more divided when it comes to one particular aspect: plot. Some books have it; others don’t. The have-nots have gotten a lot of critical ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...