Sectarian Review 168: In Plushy Praise of Purple Prose

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Mar 04 2021 | 00:39:33

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This week, Ed Simon joins the show to discuss the academic snobbery the insists on "minimalist" styles of writing. What is the history of this groupthink? What does it get wrong about writing? What pleasures are there in the rich textures of "purple prose?"

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