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Nicholas Taylor-Collins

Literary researcher | Creative reader

Tag: Caleb Klaces

  • Not quite everything: ‘Fatherhood’ by Caleb Klaces

    Not quite everything: ‘Fatherhood’ by Caleb Klaces

    The question of form may never be resolved. Is the novel better than poetry? Are short stories just novel-lite? In Fatherhood (Prototype, 2019), Caleb Klaces avoids that scrutiny completely by mixing two of those forms together. Fatherhood combines ‘prose and poetry in an experimental work of verse fiction’. The text tells the story of Caleb…