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A review by kxsak
Jesus' Son by Denis Johnson
5.0
I've read all the stories in this book a dozen times each, maybe, but this is only the third time I've read through the thing all at once. It took me just a few hours. That's how fluid Johnson's writing is for me. It just works.
I had a writing professor who used to stress the importance of emulating another writer's style, especially when you're starting out. How to adopt someone's way of making meaning and then to evolve it to your own is something I think about a lot, and for me, my first drafts sound a bit like Johnson.
It's unreal to me that three or four of these stories are simply my favorite short stories ever.
I had a writing professor who used to stress the importance of emulating another writer's style, especially when you're starting out. How to adopt someone's way of making meaning and then to evolve it to your own is something I think about a lot, and for me, my first drafts sound a bit like Johnson.
It's unreal to me that three or four of these stories are simply my favorite short stories ever.