http://realfake.org/blog/2006/02/14/book-report-the-risk-pool/ the tao that can be blogged is not the eternal tao Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:29:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://realfake.org/blog/2006/02/14/book-report-the-risk-pool/#comment-1700 Terri Tue, 14 Feb 2006 16:44:44 +0000 http://realfake.org/blog/2006/02/14/book-report-the-risk-pool/#comment-1700 To me, one of the things that makes Russo great is that his writing affirms that though the same kinds of things happen to people in different places and at different times, each person's experience of those things is very real and vital and unique. He gives you those real, unique experiences. In part, I link it back to character development. Though I haven't read as many of his books as you have, my impression is that he does a really good job developing characters so that you can empathize with them, whatever they're going through. To me, one of the things that makes Russo great is that his writing affirms that though the same kinds of things happen to people in different places and at different times, each person’s experience of those things is very real and vital and unique. He gives you those real, unique experiences. In part, I link it back to character development. Though I haven’t read as many of his books as you have, my impression is that he does a really good job developing characters so that you can empathize with them, whatever they’re going through.

]]> http://realfake.org/blog/2006/02/14/book-report-the-risk-pool/#comment-1696 John Cowan Tue, 14 Feb 2006 13:03:54 +0000 http://realfake.org/blog/2006/02/14/book-report-the-risk-pool/#comment-1696 They say there's a million stories in the naked city -- which means that here in New York, where I live, I share my story with at least seven other people. They say there’s a million stories in the naked city — which means that here in New York, where I live, I share my story with at least seven other people.

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