161: “A Manual for Cleaning Women” by Lucia Berlin
Update: 2025-10-01
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In this episode, we discuss “A Manual for Cleaning Women” by Lucia Berlin. What can we learn from this story? How can we use a repeating structure in a story? How can the emotional shape of a story influence its structure? How does a story’s themes suggest structural features?
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