Susan Sontag

  • Let’s Face It

    Writers are not generally celebrities, but I did have one delirious fan. He kept me on the telephone for hours every night, during a period when I was snorting heroin to cure my insomnia.

  • Flu Season

    Fun fact: After a suicide bombing, forensic investigators immediately "look for the face mask." The shock waves from an explosion blow the bomber's head to smithereens but for some reason leave the face intact.

  • Genius in Exile

    Writer James Purdy's work is like a dark underground river that flows undetected through the American landscape and deserves to be waded in.

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