was raining in Richmond on Friday, June 6.” “It Cornwell, Postmortem —Patricia man who had had the room before, after having slept the sleep of the just for hours on end, oblivious to the “The worries and unrest of the recent early morning, awoke when the day was well advanced and the sounds of the city completely invaded the air of the half-opened room.” Garcia Marquez, with the Mirror” —Gabriel “Dialogue freckled eggs.” “Pale Gordimer, The Conservationist —Nadine happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” “All Tolstoy, Anna Karenina —Leo look for dignity in public bathrooms.” “Don’t LaValle, Big Machine —Victor can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making their moves, setting up their devil doll stool pigeons, “I crooning over my spoon and dropper I throw away at Washington Square Station.” S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch —William magician’s underwear has just been found in a cardboard suitcase floating in a stagnant pond on the “The outskirts of Miami.” Robbins, Another Roadside Attraction —Tom better not never tell nobody but God.” “You Walker, The Color Purple —Alice been cordially invited to join the visceral realists.” “I’ve Bolańo, The Savage Detectives —Roberto Kraus, a 39-year-old experimental filmmaker and Sylvère Lotringer, a 56-year-old college professor from New York, have dinner with Dick _____, a friendly acquaintance of Sylvère’s, at a sushi bar in Pasadena.” Kraus, I Love Dick —Chris the child.” “See McCarthy, Blood Meridian —Cormac
“It was raining in Richmond on Friday, June 6.” —Patricia Cornwell, Postmortem “The man who had had the room before, after having slept the sleep of the just for hours on end, oblivious to the worries and unrest of the recent early morning, awoke when the day was well advanced and the sounds of the city completely invaded the air of the half-opened room.” —Gabriel Garcia Marquez, “Dialogue with the Mirror” “Pale freckled eggs.” —Nadine Gordimer, The Conservationist “All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” —Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina “Don’t look for dignity in public bathrooms.” —Victor LaValle, Big Machine “I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making their moves, setting up their devil doll stool pigeons, crooning over my spoon and dropper I throw away at Washington Square Station.” —William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch “The magician’s underwear has just been found in a cardboard suitcase floating in a stagnant pond on the outskirts of Miami.” —Tom Robbins, Another Roadside Attraction “You better not never tell nobody but God.” —Alice Walker, The Color Purple “I’ve been cordially invited to join the visceral realists.” —Roberto Bolańo, The Savage Detectives Kraus, a 39-year-old experimental filmmaker and Sylvère Lotringer, a 56-year-old college professor from New York, have dinner with Dick _____, a friendly acquaintance of Sylvère’s, at a sushi bar in Pasadena.” —Chris Kraus, I Love Dick “See the child.” —Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian
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