14 January 2008 - Oulipo

Jay Scott : Daily Whale : archive : 2008 : 14 January 2008

What fun it is to mold your craft
to an art-ificial constraint!
Artful and crafty is what it is,
and art is what it ain’t.
— Oulipo in summary

clue:

Leaving aside the letter E, except here, where E’s are required.