Preface
For all this, it remains the case that we’re concerned with the kind of authors Elizabeth Young would be writing about if she was still with us. In his foreword, Michael Bracewell invokes Kathy Acker to the same end. Authors writing about authors always makes for good copy. Bruce Benderson’s piece here forms an appreciation of the “dick-chasing literature” of Burroughs et al, lamenting its demise today due to the gradual acceptance of gay sex in mainstream culture.
By A. Stevens.
Travis Jeppesen’s Poems I Wrote While Watching TV
While the public has revelled in Dan Brown, it’s business as usual for a distinct group of writers and much of that buoyancy can be put down to Jeppesen, who shakes his head at the publishing world that has been slow to embrace him. Every generation needs its own voice, not just posthumous totems of dead writers they are reminded can never be surpassed, and Jeppesen embodies his. To call them the Offbeat Generation may be a bit convenient, but the scale of the work is certainly impressive and Poems I Wrote While Watching TV is one of the best examples,
Writes Susan Tomaselli.