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Deborah J. Brasket, Author

~ Writing on the Edge of the Wild

Deborah J. Brasket, Author

Tag Archives: Reading

Shogun VS. Lincoln in the Bardo

February 12, 2018

I have two books on my nightstand, Shogun by James Clavell and Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders. Both …

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The “Willing Suspension of Disbelief” in Fiction and Film

February 7, 2018

What draws a reader into a story and compels her to keep tuning pages? This interests me both as a …

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Speaking of Erotica . . .

February 26, 2015

. . . have you read anything hot lately? Perhaps it was the convergence of Valentine’s Day and the release …

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Books I’ve Abandoned

September 19, 2014

Sad to say, but I abandon more books than I finish nowadays. I simply lose interest in them. I read a …

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After sailing around the world in a small boat for six years, I came to appreciate how tiny and insignificant we humans appear in our natural and untamed surroundings, living always on the edge of the wild, into which we are embedded even while being that thing which sets us apart. Now living again on the edge of the wild in a home that borders a nature preserve, I am re-exploring what it means to be human in a more than human world.

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