This is the second anthology from Comma Press to showcase authors with ‘no major publication behind them’ (the first was 2005’s Bracket). Unlike the previous volume, Parenthesis is (according the press release) intended to be an anthology of ‘experimental writing’. Now, I must be honest and admit that those are two words that usually send a shiver down my spine, as I imagine them to describe something horribly pretentious and incomprehensible. Doubtless this is unfair of me, and I certainly needn’t have worried about it with Parenthesis, which is a very welcoming anthology – though that doesn’t make it an easy ride...
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