I'll be reading the rest of xTx's chapbook, He Is Talking to the Fat Lady, today and writing here about it within the next couple of days. So far, and as usual, xTx does not disappoint. Some of the most alive and breathing writing out there, folks.
So, I'll offer my words on this fine chap and this spectacular writer soon.
I want to take time to thank Brad Green who interviewed me for Dark Sky Magazine's "Spotlight On" series. A link to that interview can be found to the right of this post under the Interviews section.
In the meantime, I recommend listening to Tom Waits' The Early Years Volume 1&2 and keep your fingers crossed that he gets the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nod he so rightly deserves in the coming weeks.
I'm listening to "Grapefruit Moon" as I write this and so now I must freewrite as I sign off....
Beneath a Cool Rock
He walked the woods in search of flat rocks, sandstone or shale. Rocks about the size of his fist and with moss, rocks near the base of trees, always shaded from the sunlight and tucked against the trunks of the trees, dark and waiting. Collecting them he would lift his shirt, find the place where his heartbeat was strongest, and press the chilled underside of each one against his skin, the mass of the whole unseen planet weighing down on him.
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EARLY MORNING CLEO / July 29, '25 - 4:55 AM
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great interview, shel. and i'm looking forward to getting x's chap in the mail. jealous right now.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Mel. Yep, the x is writing some fine shit, man. You're gonna most certainly dig it.
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