Fiction writers from the Naples Writers' Workshop read successful stories and ask "Why Is This Good?"
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Why Is This Good? is hosted by Kristine Gill, J. C. Bronsted, and Rob Curtin.
184: “Miss Furr and Miss Skeene” by Gertrude Stein
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In this episode, we discuss “Miss Furr and Miss Skeene” by Gertrude Stein. What can we learn from this story written as prose poetry? What is a prose poem? How can we overload a word’s meaning to dig deeper into a situation? What does the writing gain or lose by being poetry or being prose?
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September 15th, 2026 by Naples Writers' Workshop