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G. X. Bradbury from Corvallis, OR is reading The Modern School Movement: Anarchism and Education in the United States, by Paul Arvich June 12, 2013 - 8:03pm

Do you know of any good ones?

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Renfield from Hell is reading 20th Century Ghosts June 13, 2013 - 8:22am

Chuck Palahniuk's essays contain a lot of minimalist techniques, among other things. John Gardner's ART OF FICTION has some interesting things to say on the minimalist sub-genre, mostly said in passing but enough to mine ideas from.

There are all the collections by Gordon Lish edited folk; Raymond Carver, Amy Hempel, Barry Hannah, Don Delillo etc. that could used as case studies. There's that draft of Carver's story showing the Lish edits in Harper's or NYT online, there's Frederick Barthelme's NYT essay.

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Matt A. June 13, 2013 - 12:51pm

Try this essay by Chuck...

www.laweekly.com/2002-09-26/art-books/she-breaks-your-heart/‎

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G. X. Bradbury from Corvallis, OR is reading The Modern School Movement: Anarchism and Education in the United States, by Paul Arvich June 13, 2013 - 8:27pm

Sankya.