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skeins (en)

a length of thread or yarn, loosely coiled and knotted

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Granta 89: The Factory
by Alec Soth, Andrew Martin, Des Barry, Ian Jack, Isabel Hilton, James Lasdun, Joe Sacco, Liz Jobey, Luc Sante, Neil Steinberg, Tessa Hadley

Granta 89: The Factory
by Alec Soth, Andrew Martin, Des Barry, Ian Jack, Isabel Hilton, James Lasdun, Joe Sacco, Liz Jobey, Luc Sante, Neil Steinberg, Tessa Hadley

Granta 89: The Factory
by Alec Soth, Andrew Martin, Des Barry, Ian Jack, Isabel Hilton, James Lasdun, Joe Sacco, Liz Jobey, Luc Sante, Neil Steinberg, Tessa Hadley


Above the city buildings the sky was blue and pale with light, drawn across by thin skeins of transparent cloud.

pretty

—p.185 Buckets of Blood (167) by Tessa Hadley
notable
6 years, 3 months ago

How to Be Alone
by Jonathan Franzen

How to Be Alone
by Jonathan Franzen

How to Be Alone
by Jonathan Franzen


rosarylike skeins of explicit ideology

—p.277 Inauguration Day, January 2001 (275) by Jonathan Franzen
uncertain
9 years, 6 months ago

The Brain-Dead Megaphone: Essays
by George Saunders

The Brain-Dead Megaphone: Essays
by George Saunders

The Brain-Dead Megaphone: Essays
by George Saunders


the constantly shifting skein of metaphors

—p.195 The United States of Huck: Introduction to Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (187) by George Saunders
notable
9 years, 1 month ago

The Fun Stuff: And Other Essays
by James Wood

The Fun Stuff: And Other Essays
by James Wood

The Fun Stuff: And Other Essays
by James Wood


the better to produce a skein of intellectual costume drama

—p.97 Aleksander Hemon (89) by James Wood
notable
9 years, 1 month ago