I'd like to learn how to better write physical descriptions, in particular, of architectural features and interiors, but I'd like to develop this ability in general. I was wondering, is there any genre of literature that focuses around describing paintings or pictures, or any place where I could ...

The poem I am glad to be a man by Maksim Tank includes these lines: Only I, having lived through a past Of prison, hard frost, loss of freedom, Villages ruined to ash... Is Maksim Tank talking about himself in this poem? Did he personally go to prison? If so, under what circumstances and why?

Maksim Bank's poem The Sun-Clock describes his sun clock as "remarkably accurate". However, he further states that When someone asks me "What o'clock is it?" I stop, Like my grandchild and father, I pace out my shadow and tell The time, accurate to the minute. I'm somewhat confused as to what h...

The first book in Max Gladstone's Craft Sequence is Three Parts Dead. Professor Denovo, the main antagonist, seeks to gather enough power for himself to become like the gods. (Gods exist in this setting as, essentially, incredibly strong magic users powered by belief and worship.) The most obviou...

(Mild spoilers -- but why try to answer if you have not read the book?) While there is no question that the gang indulges often in violence with minimal or literally zero provocation (the puppy episode is so pointless and evil), there are a few cases where Glanton actually behaves fairly decently...