“Write as if you were dying,” admonished Annie Dillard in the 29 May 1989 New York Times Book Review, evidently not imagining that a whole generation of gay writers might be. “At the same time,” she added, “assume you write for an audience consisting solely of terminal patients.”
— #MichaelDenneny

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This week's guest Michael Denneny #MichaelDenneny was dead when I arrived at his apt. yesterday to record with him yesterday. I recorded a monologue today about him, the whole experience, & the importance of his amazing new book, ON CHRISTOPHER STREET (#UChicagoPress). Please listen https://chimeraobscura.com/vm/episode-535-finding-michael-denneny