Writing to Learn: How to Write - and Think - Clearly About Any Subject at All
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Writing to Learn: How to Write - and Think - Clearly About Any Subject at All
On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction
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Economical Writing, Third Edition: Thirty-Five Rules for Clear and Persuasive Prose (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing)
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Two parables:
First, Ezra Pound’s parable of Agassiz, from his “ABC of Reading” (incidentally one of the most underrated books about literature). I’ve preserved his quirky formatting:
No man is equipped for modern thinking until he has understood the anecdote of Agassiz and the fish:
First, Ezra Pound’s parable of Agassiz, from his “ABC of Reading” (incidentally one of the most underrated books about literature). I’ve preserved his quirky formatting:
No man is equipped for modern thinking until he has understood the anecdote of Agassiz and the fish:
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How To Understand Things
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