Article: Lukeman, Noah. A dash of style; the art and mastery of punctuation.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)

LUKEMAN, Noah. A dash of style; the art and mastery of punctuation. Norton. 206p. c2006.0-393-32980-3. $13.95. A

Lukeman is a literary agent and president of Lukeman Literary Management Ltd. He has written two books that are part of the curriculum in many writing programs: The First Five Pages: A Writer's Guide to Staying Out of the Rejection Pile and The Plot Thickens: 8 Ways to Bring Fiction to Life. A Dash of Style is another such book, the kind that writers of creative prose should read and apply to their own work. Lukeman's purpose is not to present a usage manual, delineating the various correct uses of the comma, for instance. His book is much more than ...

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