The Power of Imagery in Writing

Maria Popova writes The Marginalian online. She calls it "a record of her reading and our search for meaning" (The Marginalian "About"). Sound interesting? Keep reading and then click on the link below. You can read her entry in a column she calls "The Unphotographable." She shares an excerpt from a book by author Richard Powers as he uses his words to depict a mass migration of Sandhill Cranes, a piece of writing about experience and landscape that Popova believes could not be conveyed by a visual image.

According to writing educator and advocate Penny Kittle, every great book is a great writing teacher.

Patricia Rimmer