A lot of young, gifted people I knew in the fifties killed themselve
Chooses not to say this after the first instance he lists - shows that it became a normal thing for him ? Almost numbing? Or like he is opening up to us
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- Jan 2024
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rolfpotts.com rolfpotts.com
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I fired a twelve-gauge shotgun down the hallway of a railroad flat into a couch pillow. My roommate bought the shotgun because of his gambling debts
First action, then explanation
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I played freshman varsity basketball at N.Y.U. and received a dollar an hour for practice sessions and double that for games. It was called “meal money.” I played badly, too psychological, too worried about not studying, too short. If pushed or elbowed during a practice game, I was ready to kill. The coach liked my attitude. In his day, he said, practice ended when there was blood on the boards. I ran back and forth, in urgent sneakers, through my freshman year. Near the end I came down with pleurisy, quit basketball, started smoking more.
I like that this list is not in order, especially in this moment
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from Indiana
What details does he include? What doesn't he? Was he a shabby man?
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- Oct 2022
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longreads.com longreads.com
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The public loved to see Amy fucking up
starting with this image of amy winehouse at her absolute lowest is very powerful. giving the imagery description of this also works to give us a very specific first image to work with
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