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John Trefry
Hello Susan,
Thank you! The book began as a three stanza poem dealing with sleeping overnight in various inappropriate places in a city. It snowballed, mostly in reaction to my life at a desk job, into a reflection on schizophrenia, disembodiment, and urbanism. That three stanza poem came back after a while to restructure the book and never really left. The structure was largely inspired by the setting of the book, Los Angeles, but also by Gerard Genette's book 'Paratexts' about the aspects of a book, other than its content, that affect your reading experience. I saw the book as a city, or a place, in this light. As for the writing itself, I just wanted to be in love with it!
Thank you! The book began as a three stanza poem dealing with sleeping overnight in various inappropriate places in a city. It snowballed, mostly in reaction to my life at a desk job, into a reflection on schizophrenia, disembodiment, and urbanism. That three stanza poem came back after a while to restructure the book and never really left. The structure was largely inspired by the setting of the book, Los Angeles, but also by Gerard Genette's book 'Paratexts' about the aspects of a book, other than its content, that affect your reading experience. I saw the book as a city, or a place, in this light. As for the writing itself, I just wanted to be in love with it!
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