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Daniel J. Cecil

Today I was teaching my class at , specifically discussing Jamaica Kincaid’s A Small Place and Rachel Cuck’s On Marble as two approaches to — one with a straight narrative line with pitstops for exposition on certain topics (Kincaid), and the other a more rhizomal (in the Deleuzian sense) free association approach (Cusk). I’m curious what other forms folks like to use for the out there. There’s the shell, collage … what other neglected forms?

I’m looking to expand my vocabulary a bit as I teach this course, and explore essays in my own .