tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post8579151386740193417..comments2024-03-12T22:31:46.500-04:00Comments on What Would Phoebe Do?: Fiction is better, the nanny editionPhoebe Maltz Bovyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17996039330841139883noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-85930293319710321092015-03-17T14:08:35.800-04:002015-03-17T14:08:35.800-04:00Read John Casey's four short stories in "...Read John Casey's four short stories in "Testimony and Demeanor." Young, brilliant, earnest protagonists who don't play dumb. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-42809276946209421642015-03-16T16:45:29.079-04:002015-03-16T16:45:29.079-04:00"But I also tend to tell fictional characters..."But I also tend to tell fictional characters what to do."<br /><br />Torn between conceding my whole fiction-is-better hypothesis, and pointing out that advising fictional characters is irrational. If less dangerously irrational than being unsatisfied with the career prospects of a creative-writing MA and then seeking out a PhD in the same field.Phoebe Maltz Bovyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996039330841139883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-6030725699263450822015-03-16T08:36:08.488-04:002015-03-16T08:36:08.488-04:00Haha, yeah, I loved that one. But I also tend to t...Haha, yeah, I loved that one. But I also tend to tell fictional characters what to do.caryatisnoreply@blogger.com