KRAMERBOOKS
1517 CONNECTICUT AVE NW
WASHINGTON DC 20036
05/29/12
10:34:54 A.M.

what is that? that is eye-catching. what is this cover? i like this cover. oh. ben brooks. i know ben brooks. this is a great cover. the skull + clown makeup + clown nose + Xed out eyes + Clockwork Orangey hat. i think. “cross out the eyes.” someone had posters of tom morello and britney spears and he Xed out both their sets of eyes and it was funny, and ironic in the case of tom morello because he actually admired him. oh. dennis cooper. good vibes. this blurb is punchy. one single solid blurb. a novel. a novel. white on black. grow up. hmmmm. little penguin in the corner. is the font for “Ben Brooks” the same for “Dennis Cooper” and do they differ from the red of the clown nose. little penguin in the corner. black and white on orange. $14.00. damn. independent bookstore though. $14.00. damn. square author photo. “careens.” “teenage debauchery.” the design here, the package. “Ben Brooks is a magical imp…” that is a bad-ass cover. $14.00. “Ben Brooks is a magical imp who pumps out dark nuggets…” “get high with friends, finish his novel [this novel?], alleviate his best friend’s suicidal depression, seduce…” “…dark nuggets of poetry…” wait a second. i think i actually met ben brooks. pretty sure i met him at the pop serial party at AWP chicago and said “aren’t we facebook friends” and he was like “i wouldn’t know, i have over 1000!” what the fuck. gloucestershire? fuck this shit. maybe that was someone else. actually, pretty sure that was someone else. oh, a quote from Los Campesinos! is that like Against Me! or something? pretty sure i saw them at Warped Tour as a child. hmmmmm, checking phone:

so this book came out here this year? 2012. seems like it came out in april. “Red Sex and Small Deaths” I like these sounds. la petite mort?

want to continue reading. specific, digital rendering. i think i like this. 2:46 is better than both 2:45 and 2:47. declarative.

did this just successfully reference a website? i think so. “I go to www.girlsoncam.com…” is that a real site? check phone. redirects and doesn’t look that real, in fact, ew. “moth-eaten chaise longue” is nice. these chats are….

how much is this again? $14.00

$14.00. this is damn readable, though. no, this is good. how much is this on amazon? like $10. amazon? independent bookstore. amazon? independent bookstore. amazon? little penguin in the corner.

good vibes. what’s the website one? the Sluts? yeah. that simile there? yes. then: “massaging the soil.” was there then iambic shit? yes. i think i have to have this now.

I wonder if Ben (Ben) Brooks knows about Ben (Bernard) Brooks. vice versa? he had a novel out a while ago, googling:

some of these lines here. yes:

I probably need to read this now. that would’ve been so easy just to wordsmush. the simple thing would’ve been wordsmush, but no. salmoan, moan.

not “Salmonambersepia” but “Salmoanmbesrepia.” nice.