Monthly Archives: May 2016

A Smokestack or a Button

Posted on May 26, 2016 by leewatkins

“What strikes me now as the most wonderful proof of my fitness, or unfitness, for the times is the fact that nothing people were writing or talking about had any real interest for me. Only the object haunted me, the … Continue reading →

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Note to Myself

Posted on May 20, 2016 by leewatkins

In letters to Lawrence Durrell, Henry Miller writes about the struggle of the writer: “Expression seems such a natural, God-given thing – and yet it’s not either. It’s a lifelong struggle to find yourself.” (August 1936) Just writing the truth: … Continue reading →

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Henry Miller, Weird Ideas, and “Damned Facts”

Posted on May 11, 2016 by leewatkins

Joshua Buhs’ essay in the latest Nexus: The International Henry Miller Journal (“‘One measures a circle, beginning anywhere’: Henry Miller and the Fortean Fantasy”) begins with a casual reference to Charles Fort, made by Henry Miller in Big Sur and … Continue reading →

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Gnashing my teeth at the silence

Posted on May 5, 2016 by leewatkins

“If you insist on gnashing your teeth you can gnash them at the wild waves, at the silent forest, or at the stony hills. One can get desperate here in a way that no city man understands. Sure, you can … Continue reading →

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