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The Power and Limits of Synecdoche

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Notes Towards Day 4 of Emerging Genres

The Power and Limits of Synecdoche

"a stage director ... ambitiously attempts to put on a play by
creating a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse...."

reading and talking notes

thoughts about the power of genre

taking chance seriously

Synecdoche and Surprise 

Trying it out

on a sonnet

on a revision

on a further revision


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