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Steven Eggleton
Goodreads Author
Born
in Tucson, The United States
Genre
Influences
Member Since
July 2024
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Dry Heat
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published
2012
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3 editions
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Deadfall Blues: Stories and Poems
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published
2014
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2 editions
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Lanugo: A Novella
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Last Exit to Brooklyn -a review
Anyone who knows me, knows that I am not easily shocked. But even I must admit, Hurbert Selby Jr.’s Last Exit to Brooklyn is like Bukowski on acid. More often than not, when writers try to tackle the unsavory aspects of the human condition, it comes off as cheap and affected. It takes a true wordsmith to nimbly navigate the putrid waters that can inhabit the human soul, Selby is one such writer. W
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I think every writer would ultimately admit that out of all the books they’ve read, there was one that stood above the rest. One that lit a fire in their belly and ignited a passion for writing. For me that book was, The Road to Los Angeles. I was in ...more |
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I don't know. I guess it's all a matter of opinion. I know what I like. And I know what I don't like. There is a lot of pretension in the world of poetry. You have to sift through a lot of garbage to find the cream.
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“Sure, I had been through the DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) program when I was a kid. I had seen Nancy Reagan’s pasty white ass on TV telling me to, “just say no”. But Nancy Regan had never had to worry about paying the rent, or living pay check to pay check, or finding her dad’s rolling papers on the shelf above the coco-puffs. So I guess in Nancy Reagan’s world it was pretty damn easy to adopt retarded slogans like, “just say no”. I wouldn’t know, though. I lived in the real world. I had problems.”
― Dry Heat
― Dry Heat
