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new essay on FWR: "What the Short Story Writer can Learn from Paul Simon's Lyrics," by Phil Sandick


Lyrics 1964-2008 (Simon & Schuster, Nov. 2008), the first collection of every word to every song Paul Simon has written in the past forty-four years, reads like a collection of short-stories, something reminiscent of Grace Paley or Richard Ford.

Click here to read (and respond to) Phil’s essay/review.


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