Citations Resist closed forms, resist masterpieces. The urge to create masterpieces is a kind of necrophilia. Writing must be open on all sides so that the draft of real life — gloomy, farcical life — can pass through it, rifling its pages. “Nude in your hot tub, facing the abyss (A literary manifesto after the end of Literature and Manifestos) | The White Review” at www.thewhitereview.org