5/22/2023 0 Comments Paint it Black by Janet Fitch![]() ![]() ![]() During a recent interview, Fitch revealed some of the philosophy behind her writing and why she loves teaching at USC College’s Master of Professional Writing program. Those passages from “Paint It Black” offer insight into the protagonist, Josie Tyrell, who’s forced to confront her artist boyfriend’s suicide. ![]() She looked at the coffin, lying there like a giant question mark. She felt bluish white and raw, like an Egon Schiele woman � Michael’s favorite artist. 18, Fitch’s figurative language elevates her writing to a fine art. In her anticipated second novel, “Paint It Black,” (Little, Brown and Co., 2006) to be released Sept. “Metaphorical writing, to me, tells you more about both the phenomenon you are observing and about the bigger world,” said Fitch, who began teaching at USC College after the success of her debut novel “White Oleander” (Little, Brown and Co., 1999), chosen for the Oprah Winfrey book club and adapted into a movie with Michelle Pfeiffer. Janet Fitch weaves metaphor into her storytelling like Vincent van Gogh fuses bold, swirling brushstrokes into his oil paintings. 18, wants her students in the USC College’s Master of Professional Writing program to learn from her mistakes as a writer. Novelist Fitch, whose poetic “Paint It Black” will be released Sept. ![]()
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