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    The End of Oulipo?: An Attempt to Exhaust a Movement
    The End of Oulipo?: An Attempt to Exhaust a Movement
    The End of Oulipo?: An Attempt to Exhaust a Movement
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    The End of Oulipo?: An Attempt to Exhaust a Movement

    By Lauren Elkin and Scott Esposito

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    The Oulipo celebrated its fiftieth birthday in 2010, and as it enters its sixth decade, its members, fans and critics are all wondering: where can it go from here? In two long essays Scott Esposito and Lauren Elkin consider Oulipo's strengths, weaknesses, and impact on today's experimental literature.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJohn Hunt Publishing
    Release dateDec 31, 2012
    ISBN9781780996561
    The End of Oulipo?: An Attempt to Exhaust a Movement
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    Lauren Elkin

    Lauren Elkin's essays have appeared in many publications, including The New York Times, The Guardian, Frieze, and The Times Literary Supplement. Her book Flâneuse was named a notable book of 2017 by The New York Times Book Review and was a finalist for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay. A native New Yorker, she lived in Paris for twenty years and now resides in London.

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