http://www.absolutegentleman.com/2008/07/19/holland/ frank tempone's literary project Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:32:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://www.absolutegentleman.com/2008/07/19/holland/#comment-2130 Michael Kimball Sat, 02 Aug 2008 16:04:32 +0000 http://www.absolutegentleman.com/?p=87#comment-2130 Noy Holland is great. Consider picking up her first collection--The Spectacle of the Body--and reading the first sentence in the story Orbit. Noy Holland is great. Consider picking up her first collection–The Spectacle of the Body–and reading the first sentence in the story Orbit.

]]> http://www.absolutegentleman.com/2008/07/19/holland/#comment-1996 Ben Tue, 22 Jul 2008 03:08:37 +0000 http://www.absolutegentleman.com/?p=87#comment-1996 When I'm at the bookstore, I read the only the first sentence of every book that catches my eye. At least, unless that sentences urges me strongly to read on. By the end of that initial communication I can tell if I've picked up "my kind of book." When I’m at the bookstore, I read the only the first sentence of every book that catches my eye. At least, unless that sentences urges me strongly to read on. By the end of that initial communication I can tell if I’ve picked up “my kind of book.”

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