Persons attempting to find a "text" in this [story] will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a "subtext" in it will be banished; persons attempting to explain, interpret, explicate, analyze, deconstruct, or otherwise "understand" it will be exiled to a desert island in the company only of other explainers.
BY ORDER OF THE AUTHOR - Wendell Berry's introduction to Jayber Crow.
This article was posted to Jayber on 10 September 2008 by to the following categories: Residuals.
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Umbrella Today? A service where you can sign up to receive a daily text message telling you just one thing: do you need an umbrella today or not?
It's like totally the simplest weather report ever, Julie.
In case you need a refresher, you might also brush up your Umbrella Etiquette.