And then there's this sort of thing, also from Tender Buttons:
A no, a no since, a no since when, a no since when since, a no since when since a no since when since, a no since, a no since when since, a no since, a no, a no since a no since, a no since, a no since.
The only way I can read this is to speak it aloud, as a type of sound-poetry, somewhat along the lines of Hugo Ball and the DaDa movement, though Tender Buttons was published two years before the DaDa manifesto. Amazing. A true original.
Friday, November 28, 2008
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Tho GS is, perhaps, a true original, it always astounds me how impossible it seems to read/hear her and not attempt, consciously or otherwise, to bring some of what she does over into one's own writing ... has that been happening to you at all?
Well, I haven't written much new stuff for a while, but, I'd say that whatever I'm reading tends to end up influencing what I write, provided I like it or it's good. Stein is so distinctive, it'd be hard not to seem like you're just imitating. But, we'll see.
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