 
Writers are often asked where their ideas come from. A more telling question might be what form those ideas -- poems, novels, stories short and long -- shape themselves into. Cheryl Snell's 
Variations on a Theme with Harmonica is a deftly crafted chapbook that draws on the nature of improvisation.Experimental in form, it sheds light on the shape-shifting nature of fictional characters. 
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Deborah Batterman 
   
    
    
    
        Published on February 18, 2011 11:16