MJJG. 1

[Becky Lindroos]

Perhaps the structure of the book and narrative are an integral part of the organic, living, growing, moving, “life” theme.  Like "jes’ grew” ("jazz grew" or "jest grew” or  ?) is within the words the same way there’s a bunch of jes’ grew in the notes or in the steps or whatever. It’s virulent and contagious,   One doesn’t need the aesthetics of "blank pages to do the jitterbug or play Jelly Roll Blues so why bother with blank page stuff in the book? 

http://townhall.tripod.com/JesGrew/jesgrew.html
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zt203us6TME
(Jelly Roll Morton and Jelly Roll Blues) 

Becky 


> On Nov 24, 2020, at 2:56 AM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> In media res is my first thought. In our face: the mayor, the floozy,
> the Thing. An allusive horror story-like beginning but comic.
> 
> The book 'product' itself subverted. All the traditional set-up pages gone.
> Western structuring of the Book slapped upside the head. This story begins
> in real life, man, not after framing. Title page, printings, copyright
> shit, even that
> aesthetic blank page not necessary. Just a mayor and his broad and some
> THING.
> 
> This story just IS; this story ain't even copywrit. This story is timeless,
> a folktale,
> beyond copyright by AN AUTHOR.
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