The Foxed Page

LONG ISLAND COMPROMISE by Taffy Brodesser-Akner >> Is this really satire?? (also feat. Lorrie Moore, Paul Beatty and Andrew Sean Greer!)


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Have you got a pretty good sense of what satire's all about? But could maybe use a breakdown about WHY it works well? And WHEN it works well? Join Kimberly for a close look at Taffy Brodessor-Akner's LONG ISLAND COMPROMISE to understand this delicious literary mode. We'll take a close look at LONG ISLAND, while also getting a bit broader with Andrew Sean Greer's LESS, Lorrie Moore's SELF HELP and Paul Beatty's THE SELLOUT. Enrich yourself now!

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The Foxed PageBy Kimberly Ford

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