Episode 23 — Dennis Cooper

Summary: Dennis Cooper is the guest. He's the author of several books, including THE SLUTS, GOD JR., the five novels of the George Miles cycle, and, most recently, THE MARBLED SWARM, now available from Harper Perennial. "Disquieting, humbling, and sadly beautiful in the way only Dennis Cooper can be," raves Patrick deWitt. "THE MARBLED SWARM is a mystifying and courageous novel that represents [Cooper's] finest work to date." And Booklist says: "Readers unfamiliar with transgressive fiction would do well to brace themselves for what will either be the shock of the unrelentingly different or, perhaps, the shock of recognizing writing that speaks to their souls." Topics of conversation include: Los Angeles, Paris, F Troop, growth spurts, Rimbaud, Sade, vegetarianism, self-publishing, punk, anarchy, school, Ginsberg, Burroughs, England, Little Caesar, blogging, New York, Blake Butler, Art Forum, SPIN, the Pompidou, sex, violence, David Lynch, and porn writing as a creative exercise.