unearths some literary gems.
Some snippets from Roger Angell essays:
[from "A Day in the Life of Roger Angell"]
The twisted seedling of the semicolon lies inside the rich loam bed on the pillow.
[from "Your Horoscope"]
Sorry, Gemini people, but still no advice for you. Eleven weeks now and still not a word from the Stars for this dormant house! Oh, well, things are bound to start popping up soon. Meantime, try not to do anything at all.
[from "Ivy"]
[The author of a book-length palindrome] has already wrangled with his publisher, claiming that since the work can be read backward as well as forward he must receive double royalties.
[from "More Film Fun"]
In an altogether different vein is O Quel Cruller!--at first glance a rather far-fetched nudie farce, which turns out to be a clever new rendering of the annual stockholders' report of the Mama Rappaport Bagel & Doughnut Corp.
