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McSweeney's Quarterly Concern Issue 22

(McSweeney's Quarterly Concern)

By Dave Eggers (Editor)

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| Hardcover | 9781932416664

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Book Description

McSweeney's Issue 22 is a three-part exercise in inspired restriction — of author, of content, and of form. In section one, poets (yes — poets!) including Mary Karr, Denis Johnson, C. D. Wright, and D. C. Berman initiate poet-chains, picking a poem of their own and one by another Continue

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Mixed Bag

This issue was a very mixed bag of material. I am no poetry fan, so a third of it was out the window from the get-go. The Oulipo (sp?) work is intriguing, though not horribly enjoyable to read. In all, I like the fact that this issue was so disparate that there was no guilt in only reading what i ... (continue)

This issue was a very mixed bag of material. I am no poetry fan, so a third of it was out the window from the get-go. The Oulipo (sp?) work is intriguing, though not horribly enjoyable to read. In all, I like the fact that this issue was so disparate that there was no guilt in only reading what interested you, and ignoring the other parts. Typically with these, there is a sense of accomplishment in reading the whole "book", but not the case in this issue. That was a nice change.

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