tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post3749213195019448439..comments2024-01-10T04:32:03.578-05:00Comments on Literary Rejections on Display Now Has Long COVID: What George Orwell SaysWriter, Rejectedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17241982229214057815noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2703861414547309188.post-23528432724211386082011-01-21T13:43:15.696-05:002011-01-21T13:43:15.696-05:00Orwell is a hero of mine, and his writing on writi...Orwell is a hero of mine, and his writing on writing is some of my favorite. He is not an intellectual, and (usually) doesn't try to be one, which grounds his prose in the real--I don't think anyone thought as much about writing and language as Orwell then made it as tangible as he did.<br /><br />Also, check out <a href="http://goo.gl/c3uR" rel="nofollow">"Politics and the English Language"</a> if you haven't already. It's an amazing work, even 60-odd years after it was written.bookfraudhttp://bookfraud.comnoreply@blogger.com