So he gives us the colour of a leaf, the shape of a leaf: and most importantly, the essence of a leaf, which comes of its slightness, its vulnerability to gusts.
Her bibliography is patchy despite its slightness – 27 stories and one novel – and yet a handful of her stories rank among the best in American literature, fired by a voice and quality of insightfulness that no other writer shares.
The sculpture, nearly imperceptible in its slightness, mimics the nearly imperceptible feeling of smoking a cigarette, momentarily placing yourself in a time capsule where your surroundings become briefly magnified and crystallized.
Dietland's structural oddities notwithstanding, its message resonates.
(Notwithstanding its title, the piece was approximately 55 minutes long).
Notwithstanding its problems, the applied framework proved valuable in evaluating and guiding future land use.
Notwithstanding its diplomatic rhetoric, Iran is on its course, for better or worse.
Notwithstanding its historical reputation, Mr. Daggett's union has grown tamer since its 1977 walkout.
NOTWITHSTANDING its ambitious title, this is, on the whole, a satisfactory book.
Notwithstanding its age, the strongest section of the book is the one dealing with marijuana.
Notwithstanding its brevity, "Riding Toward Everywhere" bears all the watermarks of Vollmannism.
