December 29, 2005
A POETICS OF EFFICIENCY
“I read the first and last words of a book to see if it will make a new book.”
“Does this one?”
“Let me see. [Reading.] ‘Mrs. Gorf...booed.’“
“Is that a new book?”
“Yes. But I wouldn’t read it.”
“I read the first and last words of a book to see if it will make a new book.”
“Does this one?”
“Let me see. [Reading.] ‘Mrs. Gorf...booed.’“
“Is that a new book?”
“Yes. But I wouldn’t read it.”