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Article: Donald Breckenridge, ed. The Brooklyn Rail Fiction Anthology.(Book review)
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- The Review of Contemporary Fiction
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- June 22, 2007
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DONALD BRECKENRIDGE, ED. THE BROOKLYN RAIL FICTION ANTHOLOGY. HANGING LOOSE PRESS, 2006. 420 PP. PAPER: $24.00.
"I am tempted to say this is how love works, burying everyone in the same style" confesses the narrator in Diane Williams's opening story of The Brooklyn Rail Fiction Anthology. The same accusation is often made of anthologies, which are essentially tastemakers. The Brooklyn Rail is a tastemaker of a unique kind; the free, not-for-profit newspaper based in Brooklyn, NY describes its political, arts, and literature coverage as: "slanted opinions, artfully delivered" with a "real commitment ... less to a program than a place, or better yet, to a set of ...
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... ... Dublin's O'Connell Street yesterday. To any bystander, the scene looked like a busy morning in midtown Manhattan. 'The Brooklyn Rail' was selling on the newstand, "I Love NYC" posters decorated shopfronts, and hassled commuters pushed their way through ...
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