News of the writing life: novel is about to “crown” as my friend put it. So I hope the labor is short.
Anticipated listening and reading:
Shabazz Palaces
Nick Flynn’s memoir The Ticking Is The Bomb
My genius former teacher Gil Sorrentino’s The Abyss of Human Illusion
Also, I think I want to read that John Edwards scandal book, the one written by his former chum. Yes, I do think I will, just as I might watch some Surreal Housewives on Bravo.
News to me: Jackson Browne’s early stuff is genius. I always thought he was a lightweight. Acoustic/demo of Doctor My Eyes is the latest track on repeat. The way he never strays far from the eye itself as the subject of the song, moving between pleading for a doctor to give him a prescription and pleading for the ability to see beyond the angel of darkness, well… it’s the bomb. I would not want to say more than that since I can’t stop listening yet.
