Q: Derek Raymond wrote a book called The Hidden Files, about writing black novels.
What it felt like. Why he did it.
A: I wrote a book once called Fired for
Blogging; Book Rejected: Writing the
Black Novel After 9-11.
What it felt like. Why I did it.
Q: Is that what this is? A black novel?
A: I called Derek Raymond’s book about writing the black novel a black memoir.
Q: Is this a black memoir?
A: No, Pulp is a black memoir.
Bukowski was looking for the ghost of Louis-Ferdinand Céline. A great writer. Or the Red Sparrow.
He finds the Red Sparrow and dies.
I’m not dead yet.
Q: Avoid red sparrows.
A: And Louis-Ferdinand Céline. A great writer.
Q: Of the making of many books there is no end.
A: Vanity of vanities. All is vanity.
Q: That’s how Kerouac ended Vanity of Duluoz.
A: Maybe he knew something we don’t.