#1993 #AmericanWriters #ThePleasuresOfTheDamned
a single dog walking alone on a hot sidewalk of summer appears to have the power of ten thousand gods.
Our English teacher, Miss Gredis, was the absolute best. She was a blonde with a long sharp nose. Her nose wasn’t much good but you didn’t notice it when you looked at the rest of her. ...
if I suffer at this typewriter think how I’d feel among the lettuce— pickers of Salinas?
I hear them outside: “does he always type this late?” “no, it’s very unusual.” “he shouldn’t type this
the German hotel was very strange… double doors to the rooms, very th… looked the park and the vasser ter… it was usually too late for breakf… would be everywhere changing sheet…
The riots ended, the baby calmed down, and I found ways to avoid Janko. But the dizzy spells persisted. The doctor wrote me a standing order for the green-white librium capsules and the...
The next day we picked up some of her stuff at this motel. There was a little dark guy in there with a wart on the side of his nose. He looked dangerous. Hector was sitting on the edge ...
My father had two brothers. The younger was named Ben and the older was named John. Both were alcoholics and ne’er-do-wells. My parents often spoke of them. “Neither of them amount to a...
listening to Bruckner on the radio wondering why I’m not half mad over the latest breakup with my latest girlfriend wondering why I’m not driving the…
you shoulda been at this party, I know you hate parties but you seem to be at most of them… anyhow, I took my girl, you know her—
it is the man you’ve never seen wh… keeps you going, the one who might arrive someday. he isn’t out on the streets or
it’s strange when famous people di… whether they have fought the good… the bad one. it’s strange when famous people di… whether we like them or not
you may not believe it but there are people who go through life with very little friction or
they say that nothing is wasted: either that or it all is.
dying for a beer dying for and of life on a windy afternoon in Hollywood listening to symphony music from m… on the floor.