Shadow boxes, mullions and railings appear to stretch the glass skin taut against the envelope formed by the slabs.
In the studio at Two Worlds before the rest of the class arrived, Blanche Goldman of Roslyn had a black velvet leotard pulled taut against a flat stomach and a purple sweater tied above a narrow waist.
Nicole's hair was pulled back taut against her head tonight, and Douglas feared that if he stared too long at the taper of her temples her father, the marine, would notice.
Last year's award was taken by the debut novelist Iain Hollingshead, whose description of a female character's "crotch taut against my bulging trousers", in his novel Twenty Something, sealed his win for the judges.
"It was such a pretty drive in the snow," Mrs. Scheidet said, leaning against the tasting room counter at Jamesport Vineyards, glancing out a large window that opened onto a dramatic expanse of brown ropelike vines pulled taut against the draped folds of white snow.
But apparently he wasn't finished, because he then stuffed his hand down his fastened pants, his arm pulsating in spastic, arrhythmic motions as his lips pulled taut against his teeth.
