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Maurice Blanchot observed that there was a tripartite structure to literature: allegory, myth, symbol. A story is allegoric (always already a great big metaphor), mythic (specific; about what the story says it is about) and symbolic (or, think, subversive; about itself, about itself as a text, about itself as a written artefact; writing, on some level, is always writing about writing). A book like Richard Bach's Jonathan Livingston Seagull , the 70s, world-conquering, self-help classic, foregrounds the al  

Seattle-area authors' books on glass artist Preston Singletary and long-ago Idaho memories make for a diverse local lineup this week. "Preston Singletary: Echoes, Fire, and Shadows" by Melissa G. Post ( Museum of Glass, Tacoma/University of Washington Press, $45 ). A career survey of the Seattle-based Native American artist who incorporates Tlingit design in his glass sculptures.  

How fast can you run? Runners are defined by their race times. It may take you 20 minutes to run a 5K or it may take you 25 minutes.  

If she wasn't that way, the Lakeland Family YMCA Flamingo synchro coach and hundreds of girls wouldn't have the lifelong friendships they have through the niche sport. On Saturday, more than 90 former Flamingos and their families showed up at the Y for the program's 25th reunion, hugging, laughing and telling stories. "I hope I've impacted them in a positive way," she said.  

M aybe life really is a beach. It ebbs and flows. It's passive and active.  

Robert Geller, a German native who won the GQ/CFDA Best New Menswear Designer of America award and was nominated for the CFDA Swarovski award, is emerging as one of New York's most promising new designers. He worked for Marc Jacobs and was a former partner at the men's label Cloak before introducing his eponymous line in 2007, which is already synonymous with brooding, dark elegance. Here, he gives us a peek into what makes him tick.