Opening Lines: A Congeries of Reflections

[Michael Bailey]

American Book Review - some impressive names on the masthead:

Contributing Editors: Andrei Codrescu, Rikki Ducornet, Raymond
Federman, Joyce Carol Oates, Marjorie Perloff, Robert Peters, Corinne
Robins, Charles Simic, Bruce Sterling
    Advisory Editors: John Ashbery
    Associate Editors: Rudolfo Anaya, Ron Arias, Rosellen Brown,
William Demby, William H. Gass, Steve Katz, Clarence Major, Michael
McClure, Ishmael Reed, Paul Schiavo

wow, that's quite a lineup!  I liked JCO's Broke Heart Blues
(especially the reunion scene at the end)

I think the 100 list hit the p-list awhile back, didn't know there was
an article attached.  I might actually buy that issue.

On 3/9/06, jbor at bigpond.com <jbor at bigpond.com> wrote:
> 'Opening Lines: A Congeries of Reflections'
> _American Book Review_ 27.2, Jan/Feb 2006, pp. 6-9.
>
> Abstract: The article presents reflections about the first lines from
> several novels. The novels include _Pride and Prejudice_, _If on a
> Winter's Night a Traveler_, _Putting First Things First_, _Mystery and
> Music_, _The Napoleon of Notting Hill_, _The Wings of the Dove_ and
> _One Hundred Years of Solitude_.
>
> Also, Michael Bérubé on _GR_, Trey Strecker on _Pale Fire_ and Lance
> Olsen on _Lolita_.
>
> Pdf available.
>
> best
>
>


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