“If writing is language and language is desire and longing and suffering . . . then why when we write, when we make shapes on paper, why then does it so often look like the traditional, straight models, why does our longing look for example like John Updike's longing?” IfsWritingLooksDoeDesireSufferingLanguageExampleShapesPaperModelsLongingTraditional Book:Break Every Rule: Essays on Language, Longing, & Moments of Desire Source: Break Every Rule: Essays on Language, Longing, & Moments of Desire