Pitch, “The absolute final word on J.D. Vance, Barbara Butch, persistent Satanism, the disappearance of the American heavyweight, death of reading, how to read, cyclos, best septic Olympics, Malaparte, Goujian, free face love, Tocqueville on race, Ben-Gurion as "armed prophet" and Ho Chi Minh for children.”
Torn Ears, Glazed Eyes, Stinking Mouths
USA Still Competitive Against South Sudan!
J.D. Vance, Hillbilly Among Vipers
Satanic 69 Going Down
Tongued by Satan
Sweeter Ways
Rape Isn't Bread and Circus
Sorry, Love
Play Where You Are
The Chief Glory of Every People Arises from Its Authors
How To Read
Sex, Spectator Sports and Riots
Cyclo Drivers
Best Septic Olympics
Hoarders of Impressions
Whore Degrees
Lying Whores
Forever Sidewalk, Alley, Cafe and Corner Bar Culture
We're All (Still) Living in Amerika!
Puissant Pussies Ready for War?
Worse Food, Worse People, Worse Life Free Face Love
Reading Pockets, Polka Dots, Bad English, Buttons and Hem Lines
Dada Revival in Deflated West
Ever Growing Evil?
Love Me Some Ben-Gurion!
Fragments Imperfectly Remembered As Related By Unreliable or Dishonest Narrators For Inattentive, Drugged or Dumbed Down Readers Plugged to Drill Rap While Perched on Cans
Suicide by a Thousand Cuts Elsewhere
Though all these pieces have been published at SubStack, book versions tend to be longer. Below, for example, is what’s been added to the end of “Love Me Some Ben-Gurion!”:
Kevin Barrett, “Low-grade Zio schlock aimed at middlebrow audiences gets mega manufacturing & distribution. That’s why it’s so easy to find cheap or free copies of Leon Uris, bad Ben Gurion bios, etc. in used bookstores and library and garage sales. Even in Vietnam!” No one can lie or spread lies like Jews, with the second even more important.
If Uncle Ho knew he could kindle his cig in the kitchen, why did he look for a match, only to reject it? Careful now, let’s not engage in Cig Kindle Denial. Remember the Holocaust!
It’s possible Uncle was always performing. He had to pretend to look for a match. Had Ho just walked into the kitchen, the cook wouldn’t have had a legend to relate. What if cook after cook failed to be impressed, so told no one? No sweat! Performing had become second nature to Ho, so required no extra effort. Even alone, Ho performed. It’s no rehearsal, but a nuanced and masterful performance each second, as if thousands were watching. Lying in darkness, Ho performed as he slipped fitfully into sleep, then again before dawn as he emerged from it. If just one out of ten cooks, soldiers, street sweepers or kindergarteners was mesmerized, my legend would grow. Alone, he smiled. Further, handfuls of similar stories, scattered over decades, would prove to posterity that here was a consistent, steadfast and entirely honest man, so no poser or performer.
At Bạch Đằng, two boys sat on cushioned seats to read. One had a large bandage on his forehead. A touch of blood, dried brown, had seeped through. It'd be too easy to think a wrong book had caused his head injury. Most books are wrong.
I need to get my writing in print because the internet, although ubiquitous and seemingly eternal, can suddenly disappear, if only regionally or partially. More likely, all of it will go poof!
Three of eleven black and white photos in book:
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