I know how I would bet on Burch if this were a betting matter.

Yeah, it's hard to imagine the kind of novel written by Mary Robinson and Frederick Barthelme at 500, 600, 700 pages, or even like, Larry Brown or Tao Lin, further down the line.

This is the central quality of literary minimalism imho.

I felt the shift leave my body as I drank this.

Will Eno's "Oh The Humanity and Other Good Intentions."