Current mood:

caffeeeeiiiiine

vengeful, petty, reactionary & aesthetically moridbund!
Have you heard of Franz Wright? If not, don't feel bad; it's hard to keep track of all those Pulitzer prize winners, I know. He's more memorable as the Self-Googling poet. Or Frankenstein:



Yeah. If you don't want that coming at you in a dark alley, you'd better stay away from his work! Because Wright takes criticism very personally. Very personally indeed--

If there is ever the slightest possibility of our finding ourselves in the same room or general vicinity, I want to advise and plead with you to get away from that place, fast, because if I find out about it, I assure you it is distinctly possible that I will not be able to resist giving you the crippling beating you so clearly masochistically desire. I do not wish to kill you or hurt you, and so I beg you to get away from me, without delay, if you realize we are in the same room somewhere.

Here are the links. Go ahead and read them. They're not too long and they're funny.

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* Zee letter