rose red sunlight; take it apart in the garage like a puzzle:

I’m soft. I dream too. I let myself dream. I dream of being famous. I dream of walking the streets of London and

The next day I sat in the hall in my green tin chair, waiting to be called. Across from me sat a man who had something wrong with his nose. It was very red and very raw and very fat and...

I’d tell them to have an unhappy l… affair, hemorrhoids, bad teeth and to drink cheap wine, avoid opera and golf and chess, to keep switching the head of thei…

he was a good one say 18, 19, marine and every time woman came down the train aisle

if I suffer at this typewriter think how I’d feel among the lettuce— pickers of Salinas?

When I awakened a few hours later, Tanya was not in the bed. It was only 9 am. I found her sitting on the couch drinking out of a pint of whiskey. “I always get up at noon. We’re going ...

he got knifed in broad daylight, c… holding his hands over his gut, dr… on the pavement. nobody waiting in line left their… he made it to the Mission doorway,…

stew at noon, my dear; and look: the ants, the sawdust, the mica plants, the shadows of banks like bad jokes; do you think we’ll hear

she bent over the side of the bed and opened the portfolio along the side of the wall. we were drinking. she said, “you promised me these

she had huge thighs and a very good laugh she laughed at everything and the curtains were yellow and I finished

R.O.T.C. (Reserve Officer Training Corps) was for the misfits. Like I said, it was either that or gym. I would have taken gym but I didn’t want people to sec the boils on my back. There...

live alone in a small room and read the newspapers and sleep alone in the dark dreaming of crowds.