The short story is like an old friend who calls whenever he is in town. We are happy to hear from it; we casually fan the embers of past intimacies, and buy it lunch.

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[Ken] Kesey practices what has come to be known as gonzo journalism. The reporter, often...

[Ken] Kesey practices what has come to be known as gonzo journalism. The reporter, often...

Some of the characters in the story had a fortune in fantasy lives.

Some of the characters in the story had a fortune in fantasy lives.

For what is a poem but a hazardous attempt at self-understanding: it is the deepest...

For what is a poem but a hazardous attempt at self-understanding: it is the deepest...

All autobiography is self-indulgent.

All autobiography is self-indulgent.

Autobiography is an unrivaled vehicle for telling the truth about other people.

Autobiography is an unrivaled vehicle for telling the truth about other people.

I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead.

I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead.

Who ever heard, indeed, of an autobiography that was not (interesting)? I can recall none...

Who ever heard, indeed, of an autobiography that was not (interesting)? I can recall none...

Next to the writer of real estate advertisements, the autobiographer is the most suspect of...

Next to the writer of real estate advertisements, the autobiographer is the most suspect of...

An autobiography is only to be trusted when it reveals something disgraceful. A man who...

An autobiography is only to be trusted when it reveals something disgraceful. A man who...

Autobiography is now as common as adultery, and hardly less reprehensible.

Autobiography is now as common as adultery, and hardly less reprehensible.