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(Last, red, paragraph.) [Is this too cheap?] gulfstream/372

Afghanistan's Northern Alliance, etc. Interesting last paragraph. gulfstream/544

Decent review of Attack of the Clones. (Actually, more a review of the Star Wars universe.) Two other analyses of Star Wars politics: from Salon (in … gulfstream/816

Porn-maker Sam Stern's journal (the contents page) is very good, although it does take a few readings to figure out the right way to approach his … gulfstream/827

Reviewer Dale Peck is deeply unhappy with Rick Moody: ”Rick Moody is the worst writer of his generation.” (First sentence, first paragraph). … gulfstream/853

So great Jonathan Franzen short story … which mostly survives not being a short story at all—it’s more a collection of short paragraphs. … gulfstream/1611

Quotes Collected

The final revisions were astounding. "Look at this," said a colleague, an editor who greatly admired Bellow's novels but disliked him personally. He was … quotes/403

Above, I very casually remarked that I have enjoyed total control over page-breaks and such things; yet the truth of the matter would be far more accurately … quotes/331

By the way, do you ever read the Bible? I suppose not very often, but I had the occasion to the other night and believe me it is a lesson in how not … quotes/27

17. Omit needless words. Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same … quotes/9