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I bought this a decade ago for the Ames and Dyer pieces and only now picked it up to read from cover-to-cover. It has me feeling a little misty-eyed for the heydays of numerous literary journals on newsstands in musty bookstores with terrible service.
The aforementioned stories are quite good, though I believe both were included in their authors' respective essay collections. This may have been where I first read Sam Lipsyte whose "Cremains" wasn't his best but was enjoyable. Others were less successful, especially Branca's piece and some of the poetry.
It does have me curious about David Lida whom I'll have to seek out. I've also just discovered that Open City is still publishing so I'll have to pick up the most recent volume.
The aforementioned stories are quite good, though I believe both were included in their authors' respective essay collections. This may have been where I first read Sam Lipsyte whose "Cremains" wasn't his best but was enjoyable. Others were less successful, especially Branca's piece and some of the poetry.
It does have me curious about David Lida whom I'll have to seek out. I've also just discovered that Open City is still publishing so I'll have to pick up the most recent volume.