Jen Knox defends ‘romantic’ semicolon; 25 ‘terrific novels’ for J-students
Jen Knox, a fiction writer and author of the memoir Musical Chairs, recently issued a nice defense of the semicolon on her blog: Kurt Vonnegut is famous for saying the following: “Here is a lesson in creative writing. First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you’ve been to college.” Great quote, but total bullshit. The semicolon is beautiful, the epitome of a soft pause that gives cadence to an …