i read through stuff i've read and annotated about oulipo in the last week; ordered mathews and perec and queneau books i didn't have yet

some calvino expository stuff about lit for now

ordered a few localinfo books

two roussel books

made list of several things to get later or next times (some maybes); didn't order anything over 15 bucks; nearly all were under 10; total 275 or so for 27 books, including 4 bucks mailing charge per item

need to go through Rv books to see if anything else is out there worth ordering; get up to date items only, next time

just notes in this journal, nothing stylistic or elaborated

done daily

what i'm doing, how i'm working

today:

dos passos usa trilogy -- scope and techniques (various narrative modes; overview of entire country over several decades)

stein making of americans -- don't have a copy anywhere; order from amazon tomorrow

have been thinking on and off for several weeks about how to marry canonical (or non) texts to geo loacles and textual segments

Just starting -- more to follow