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RIF/T Editors
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< C O N T E N T S >
RIF/T Version 2.1 [RIFT02.01]
Katie Yates "these float on white"
William Howe pagednesse
Matthew Huddleston "BECKONing pulpit"
Lisa Jarnot 16 Definitions Constructed From Memory
Gary Gach Gold (translation from Mallarme)
Susan Schultz Limited Stock Options
Loss Pequen~o Glazier The Burial Gourd
Hank Lazer Selections from _Three of Ten_
Kenneth Sherwood "waves that SIMPLY"
Louie Crew Two poems
Frank Stevenson re flec/frac tion on space
Eric Peterson Disjunction
[email protected] tunes of errors
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Derrivation/Deviation Responsive Texts
William Howe
Editors
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< A S S O C I A T E D F I L E S >
CHAPBOOK EXTENSIONS OF RIF/T 1.1
FRIE02.01 Perpendicular and Parallel Theses For Reading Alongside
Riffs 1-10 by Benjamin Friedlander
GUIT02.01 Morphbabarchant & The "Noit Air" Av Variation, a group
of poems by Jorge Guitart
KELL02.01 The Invaders by Robert Kelly
WAHL02.01 It's The Fault Of The Tlaxcaltecas, Translation by
Patricia Wahl of Elena Garro's story.
REVI02.01 Review of Joan Retallack's _Errata 5uite_ by Hank Lazer
Review of Nathanial Mackey's work by Chris Funkhouser.
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