I was hungover again, another heat spell was on—a week of 100 degree days. The drinking went on each night, and in the early mornings and days there was The Stone and the impossibility ...

The baby was crawling, discovering the world. Marina slept in bed with us at night. There was Marina, Fay, the cat and myself. The cat slept on the bed too. Look here, I thought, I have...

here I am in the ground my mouth open and

16 years old during the depression I’d come home drunk and all my clothing— shorts, shirts, stockings—

my daughter is most glorious. we are eating a takeout snack in my car in Santa Monica.

I wait on life like a pregnancy, p… the gut but all I hear now is the piano slamming its teeth throu… brain

my friend is worried about dying he lives in Frisco I live in L.A. he goes to the gym and works with the iron and hits

it’s strange when famous people di… whether they have fought the good… the bad one. it’s strange when famous people di… whether we like them or not

Luckily I had auto insurance that paid for a rental car. I drove Katherine to the racetrack in it. We sat in the sundeck at Hollywood Park near the stretch turn. Katherine said she didn...

The next night Bobby and Valerie came over. They had recently moved into my apartment building and now lived across the court. Bobby had on his tight knit shirt. Everything always fitte...

there he is: not too many hangovers not too many fights with women not too many flat tires never a thought of suicide

I was surprised the next morning when April knocked on the door. April was the one on ATD who had been at Harry Ascot’s party and who had left with the speed freak. It was 11 am. April ...