today's denis johnson links

first to respond to the emails both pro & con...sorry there haven't been any denis johnson related links in what...a day? okay, maybe it was 2...and as for those who complained, when your writing is as sexy as denis johnson's, maybe I'll pay a little more attention to you, in the meantime, stop denigrating your betters...

a quote on Frank Wright's poetry:
"These poems break me; they're like jewels shaped by blunt, ruined fingers--miraculous gifts. At any one time only a handful of genuine poets reside on the planet. I consider Franz Wright to be one of these, and I'm grateful that we have him among us."

sweetney's blog quoting "out there in the morning" http://www.sweetney.com/archives/000421.html
& remember...when that day job's & the ex are getting you down..."each cookie contains a joke. "

talking about Tree of Smoke (will it ever come out...is it out & I've been too busy watching that hot older guy on CSI to notice?) http://maudnewton.com/blog/?p=4936

and not really so much for the denis johnson reference but because it's another good timesuck
http://ireadashortstorytoday.com/2005/06/denis-johnson-lucky.html

and this one's not at ALL dj related but has FREE short stories from some great writers I like & other writers too...
http://books.guardian.co.uk/originalfiction/0,13773,1007506,00.html

and an old article from Willamette Week on Tin House...it's old but it has a good quote & a photo. whoo.
http://www.wweek.com/story.php?story=4157

and this blog, http://theperiscope.blogs.com/nipposkiss/2005/08/denis_johnson.html
which refers to him as (and this is a direct quote so all typos, etc. are theirs...not mine):
"He's an old hippy who's suffer many of the drug and political agonies of old hippiedom. I remember him in Iowa City as a political anti-war in Viet Nam guy who wrote so well he made everyone jealous. He wrote poetry then. Gorgeous stuff."

j. stefan cole writing about, perhaps one of my favorite books of all time but not for any of the quotes he uses in his self-described "non" review: http://www.freewilliamsburg.com/july_2001/books.html