First And Last

First off, the first-and-last story: all good anthologies have a wraparound. ❋ Unknown (2009)

At present, the ex-Torontonian writes "Leonard Cohen: Master of Song" (Dundurn Press, Fall 2008), an authorised explicatory exegesis examining the Mastro's sonic masterpieces (Various Positions, I'm Your Man, The Future, Ten New Songs, and Dear Heather) in collaboration with the subject (who contributed eight original works of art including the volume's cover to the first-and-last word on the greatest singer-songwriter on the planet). ❋ Judith Fitzgerald (2008)

Such scenes become so overdetermined that the references don't really matter, except for a chuckle or nod, and we are left to consider that first-and-last refuge of the inveterate postmodernist: the surface. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The one where I had my fabulous first-and-last date with the writer. ❋ Partygirl (2001)

The scammers send prospective renters an application and hope to dupe them into wiring first-and-last month's rent, officials say. ❋ Unknown (2010)