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Michael Bailey
michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com
Sat Apr 1 03:31:30 CST 2006
Perfect!
Nice blog, btw
On 3/31/06, Mark Smith <masmith at nmc.edu> wrote:
> Michael writes:
>
> wanted to share a chuckle I got from an ambiguous antecedent in the article:
>
> "Amanda Davis's "Faith" delivers a disturbing portrait of a raped girl
> with an eating disorder that is as elegant and poised as anything in
> contemporary short fiction."
>
>
> Long live misplaced modifiers! I picture the girl balancing julienne sliced
> kiwi on the end of a chopstick, but not actually eating it, only staring
> longingly as she holds it up to the light. Dude! Don't bogart that kiwi!
>
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