tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470094.post110761772592201304..comments2024-03-18T16:55:31.971+00:00Comments on This Space: Is Craig Raine a mwgnker?Stephen Mitchelmorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01658772259307446873noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470094.post-1107725956444042992005-02-06T21:39:00.000+00:002005-02-06T21:39:00.000+00:00Repetition has its charms.
I instantly thought o...Repetition has its charms. <br /><br />I instantly thought of your many posts re: some-vague-writer-attacking-without-naming-names when I read this silly man Raine.<br /><br />You know you've been reading Mitchelmore for far too long, when...<br /><br />Another Guardian delicacy: http://books.guardian.co.uk/departments/generalfiction/story/0,6000,1406653,00.html<br /><br />Louise France's suspect opening paragraph to an article on Alice Munro:<br /><br />"Imagine this: you pick up a collection of short stories by an unknown author. Maybe it's the title - Dance of the Happy Shades - that attracts you or the intriguing first sentence: 'Miss Marsalles is having another party.' Either way, you decide to buy it and take it to the slight, smiling woman at the till."<br /><br />"Intriguing first sentence"! Intriguing as a kitchen sink!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8470094.post-1107659725978408772005-02-06T03:15:00.000+00:002005-02-06T03:15:00.000+00:00Profound, in a drunken sort of way, as always Stev...Profound, in a drunken sort of way, as always Steve. It is divided in two that we live-speak.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com