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digest 1996-07-17 #001



11:25 PM 7/17/96 -0700
From: "Society for Literature & Science" 

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Date: 17 Jul 1996 15:38:37 -0700
From: caroline nachman 
Subject: writing genres - ou-li-po?
hello --
i know a very little bit about the ou-li-po (i think that's the
correct name) genre -- writing that imposes very specific restrictions,
assigning each chapter a max. # of words or sentences, for example --
b/c
one of the english profs at my college was/is into it (sorrentino).
there is a book by one of these authors, about experiencing WWII as
a child, i think in a concentration camp at least some of the time. 
the
only ou-li-po author i can think of is queneau, but i don't think it's
his,
and i don't know the title.  anyone?
cheers,
caroline
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