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🦋 Appositives in Texas

A defining feature, even a tic, of the narrative voice in Texas is use of appositive phrases. Very frequently when a character is referred to it is with name + occupation, or name + some defining characteristic; e.g. we see "trapper Cruz" or "Cruz, the trapper" more often (I reckon) than just "Cruz". This is useful to me as a reader, since there are a lot of characters to keep track of; also it is cute. I wonder if it is a common feature of Boullosa's writing or just in this book -- something to keep an eye out for.

posted afternoon of Monday, November 16th, 2020
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