Group III: Special Topics I

You are about to begin reading a course description. Relax. Concentrate. Dispel every other thought.  It's not that you expect anything from this course description and there are others you could read.  You look at your phone or fidget.  You hope for information.  You have it, but you don't have it. You miss it.  It misses you.

Once upon a time there was a story that began once upon a time there was a story that began once upon a time there was a story that began once upon a time there was a story of metafiction that began with the usual suspects:  J. L. Borges, John Barth, Julio Cortázar, John Fowles, Grace Paley, John Ashbery, Walter Abish, Raymond Queneau, and Roland Barthes.  

OTHER SUSPECTS INCLUDE STOP LUCIA BERLIN STOP LYDIA DAVIS STOP SUSAN CHOI STOP JAVIER CERCAS STOP JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER STOP AND GRAEME MCRAE BURNET STOP WARNING STOP CLASS PARTICIPATION STOP WEEKLY WRITING ASSIGNMENTS STOP TERM PAPER STOP HEAVY READING.