<B >Three Blind Mice. Three Blind Mice. See how they run? No. See how they can make all sorts of useful literary elements colorful and easy to understand!</B><P>Can one nursery rhyme explain the secrets of the universe? Well, not exactly—but it can help you understand the difference between bildungsroman, epigram, and epistolary.<P> <P>From the absurd to the wish-I’d-thought-of-that clever, writing professor Catherine Lewis blends Mother Goose with Edward Gorey and Queneau, and the result is learning a whole lot more about three <I>not</I> <I>so helpless</I> mice, and how to fine tune your own writing, bildungsroman and all.<P> <P>If your writing is your air, this is your laughing gas.*<P> <P> <P> <P>*That’s a metaphor, friends.