Tag Archives: Vladimir Nabokov
Characters as Chess Pieces: Nabokov and The Luzhin Defense
Author’s Note: Fiction writer Howard Cincotta wrote today’s Ras-curated guest post. The image of the author as puppet or chess master, coolly manipulating his or her characters – or even sacrificing them to the demands of the story – is … Read more
Ras: Six Subversive Novels
A failure to communicate?
TED THE CAT
Ted the Cat (1994-present) is a domestic shorthair blogger and vers libre poet. He also enjoys sleeping, eating, and lurking. Ted the Cat co-habits with Kaze,
also a blogger at 317am.net.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Kaze
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