A review by libraryfairyrachel
The Art of Intimacy: The Space Between by Stacey D'Erasmo

4.0

A book that's somewhere between a writing manual and literary criticism. The author here writes about writing, which many authors have done, but she does so with an *argument* in mind: that great literature explores unique character relationships through different forms of intimacy. Her examples show an interesting perspective on what brings people together. Sex(uality) is mentioned here and there, but more illuminating examples were the use of candlelight, the interactions between a murderer and his victim, the grammatical subjunctive, and many others that had little at all to do with traditional forms of intimacy. It definitely made me reconsider the way my characters interact on the page and how I can make their intimacy more unique.