Frame of Reference By John McPhee

  • “nonchalance” added to the definition of “sprezzatura”
  • “sincere” moustache
  • frame of reference- the things and people you choose to allude to in order to advance its comprehensibility.
  • the custom of “dating” prose or poetry
  • young writers should consciously try to write for the ages  / hope that our pieces aren’t obsolete before the editor sees them
  • If you look for allusions and images that have some durability , your choices will stabilise your piece of writing
  • FOR is like the constellation of lights
  • FOR are abused by the writers and broadcasters of the punch-line pool
  • the “Elicitation”
  • Wimbledon assignment from Playboy

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