“Patterns of silver light and so forth.” —”City Life,” Donald Barthelme, from City Life
Guest Post, by Adam Robinson: A Sentence About a Sentence I Love
“I sat in the chair and looked at the floor and prayed for Catherine.” –From Ernest Hemingway’s A Farewell to…
A Sentence about a Sentence I Love
“It’s the way Pop wanted it.” – from The Godfather Part II, screenplay by Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo
Guest Post, by Joseph Young: A Sentence About a Sentence I Love
“From animals are drawn good burning lights, and good medicines against burning; Though the seminal humour seems of a contrary…
A Sentence About a Sentence I Love, by Lily Hoang
“A man went to knock at the king’s door and said, Give me a boat.” —from Jose Saramago’s Tale of…
A Sentence About a Sentence I Love, by John Domini
“And more than once, in their middle years, she and King Shahryar had pretended in bed that her life was…
Guest Post, by Bradley Sands: A Sentence About a Sentence I Love
“The only advice I can offer, should you wake up vertiginously in a strange flat, with a thoroughly installed hangover,…
Symmetries
I just realized (don’t know how I’ve missed this for so long) that Pavement’s “Silent Kit” is really close to…
Dumb Shit That Gets You Down
Rejections are tough, no question. And editors, God bless ’em, are known to reach out on occasion and provide a…
A Sentence About a Sentence I Love, by Tim Horvath
“In Africa, you want more, I think.” —from Norman Rush’s Mating As sentences go, it’s not much, really—doesn’t plunge…