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Oof. Heavy going.

Increasingly unbearable to read. I mean, for god's sake, Bill. The only people coming out of this with even a shred of dignity intact so far are Ginsberg and Huncke.

Christ on a bike, this is total mayhem.

Come on then, Billy, let's do this.

I need a breather between Empire and Kindness.

My short story "A Koan for the Candidate" is out at last. Published today on La Piccioletta Barca. https://www.picciolettabarca.com/post...

Hmmm.

Loving this so far. The so-called foreword is hilarious.

So let me see if I've got this right so far... he was essentially a fruitloop, yes? I mean that as the highest possible compliment, obviously. If Blake had been into psychology rather than poetry, he would have been Jung.

I worship the ground that Jodo walks on but dammit, this is hard going.

Moving very slowly through this collection because almost every story stops me in my tracks and I need time to recover in-between.

Oh my god. I just read "Congress" for the first time and it blew my flipping mind.

I can't remember when I was last so completely immersed in the world of a book. It's all so real that I even dream about it.