“All I do is track a profane route to something (I hope) profound. Like swimming a river of shit for a kiss.”
On what sets him apart from others in his genre. <br class="br"> Online chat transcript http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=599285, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (2007-05-01)
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