April 3rd, 2009 / 6:57 pm
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Paragraphs I Would Probably Stab My Dick To Have Written (1): Barry Hannah

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Geronimo Rex, pg. 142, first full graph:

Other nights Fleece explained to me how he had declared himself–he was going to be a doctor and study how “one suffers in the meat.” “I was always a meatball,” he said. “I’m going to be the best doctor Mississippi ever produced. They’ll bring in some whore whose boyfriend has shot her in the cunt pointblank with a shotgun and alongside her her boyfriend also, who thought he commited suicide putting the last shot into his navel, and I’ll put on my mask, wave my hands with some instruments, and bring them back Romeo and Juliet.”

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34 Comments

  1. Peter Markus

      Re-reading G-Rex right now in fact. Likely consume me for the next few years considering the sentences that demand that you read them more than once just for the sheer pleasure of their music.

  2. Peter Markus

      Re-reading G-Rex right now in fact. Likely consume me for the next few years considering the sentences that demand that you read them more than once just for the sheer pleasure of their music.

  3. Kinsley Manning

      In honor of my fellow Mississippian I decided to read the paragraph from the published text. I pulled the book down from the shelf above my computer and opened, in one turn, to the exact page. I think it may be time to re-read Hannah’s masterpiece.

  4. Kinsley Manning

      In honor of my fellow Mississippian I decided to read the paragraph from the published text. I pulled the book down from the shelf above my computer and opened, in one turn, to the exact page. I think it may be time to re-read Hannah’s masterpiece.

  5. Blake Butler

      i am rereading it now as well. too much power. too too much

  6. Blake Butler

      i am rereading it now as well. too much power. too too much

  7. Jonny Ross

      nice

  8. Jonny Ross

      nice

  9. pr

      Blake- i want to stab your dick. I love you. Let’s stab dicks together.

  10. pr

      Blake- i want to stab your dick. I love you. Let’s stab dicks together.

  11. james yeh

      dickstabbers

  12. james yeh

      dickstabbers

  13. Justin Taylor

      Barry Hannah is the best best best best best. That’s five bests. It’s a science fact.

  14. Justin Taylor

      Barry Hannah is the best best best best best. That’s five bests. It’s a science fact.

  15. michael b

      I am a dragon. America the beautiful, like you will never know.

  16. michael b

      I am a dragon. America the beautiful, like you will never know.

  17. Ken Baumann

      AHHH. I haven’t read any Hannah, but will soon. Great graph.

  18. Ken Baumann

      AHHH. I haven’t read any Hannah, but will soon. Great graph.

  19. Peter Markus

      No Hannah, Bauman? Where have you been your whole life?

  20. Peter Markus

      No Hannah, Bauman? Where have you been your whole life?

  21. Ken Baumann

      Where am I? What is this? What am I doing here?

  22. Ken Baumann

      Where am I? What is this? What am I doing here?

  23. Peter Markus

      Pick up a Hannah book quick, Ken. That’ll anchor you to a world. Enjoy.

  24. Peter Markus

      Pick up a Hannah book quick, Ken. That’ll anchor you to a world. Enjoy.

  25. Brian Oliu

      Barry Hannah gave a reading here at Alabama in the fall; his first time back into town since he got kicked out of here many years ago. The first thing the man said after the introduction was ‘The lights up here are really bright. Are there any black people in the audience?’ and then proceeded to read ‘Constant Pain In Tuscaloosa’ from Airships.

  26. Brian Oliu

      Barry Hannah gave a reading here at Alabama in the fall; his first time back into town since he got kicked out of here many years ago. The first thing the man said after the introduction was ‘The lights up here are really bright. Are there any black people in the audience?’ and then proceeded to read ‘Constant Pain In Tuscaloosa’ from Airships.

  27. Blake Butler

      o captain my captain

  28. Blake Butler

      o captain my captain

  29. zona-p

      Sister!
      Christians!
      Sabers, gentlemen, sabers!

  30. zona-p

      Sister!
      Christians!
      Sabers, gentlemen, sabers!

  31. ryan manning

      Barry Hannah (born April 23, 1942) is an American novelist and short story writer.

  32. ryan manning

      Barry Hannah (born April 23, 1942) is an American novelist and short story writer.

  33. M.O. Walsh

      Barry passed away today, 3/1/10. Long live Ray. Rest in Peace, my man.

  34. M.O. Walsh

      Barry passed away today, 3/1/10. Long live Ray. Rest in Peace, my man.