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Faith Adiele

Surprising Readers and Ourselves: Playing with Hermit Crab Essays, Poems, and Stories

Surprising Readers and Ourselves: Playing with Hermit Crab Essays, Poems, and Stories

Upon first glance, “Hermit Crabs” (stories or poems or essays that borrow another “shell” or form, also known as the False Document or Trojan Horse poem or Constraint Essay) look like literary play (and they are fun!). But they’re also great tools to break through writers’ block or overcome resistance to topics that feel heavy,

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Two roads diverged in a wood and I – I took the one less travelled by, And that has made all the difference.

— Robert Frost

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