D.R. Haney
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I honestly don't think my style as a writer has been consciously influenced by any other, though I'm partial to the work of Kerouac, Mailer, Hemingway, Faulkner, (Nathaniel) West, Fitzgerald, Bellow, Celine, Rimbaud, Woolf, Chekhov, (Flannery) O'Connor, Didion, (Sam) Shepard, Keats, Byron, Catullus, Nietzsche, Cervantes, Shakespeare, Flaubert, and Whitman.
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I come from a long line of Southern preachers and farmers. Horses have brought bad luck to my family; both my uncle and great-grandfather were killed by horses. I therefore avoid horses, though one of my three brothers now raises and breeds them. I moved to New York City shortly after finishing high school, and supported myself through a series of odd jobs, from Wall Street waiter to telephone salesman peddling children's books to parcel-wrapper in the cellar of famed boutique Henri Bendel. An autodidact, I read omnivorously and occasionally wrote for zines and other small publications, meantime pursuing my lifelong interest in underground music, which I continued to follow after moving to Los Angeles. For a number of years I tried to com...more
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Totally Killer in Los Angeles
Author appearance, November 20, 2009 07:00PM
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Author appearance, November 20, 2009 07:00PM
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Greg Olear, author of "Totally Killer," will read along with D. R. Han...more
Ice Cream, Heroin, and a Chance Encounter at Ralph's (Nonfiction)
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"This is the first book I've read in a long time that I’ve felt a personal connection to. That’s the main reason why I’m giving Banned For Life 5 stars. To me, a good book will suck you in and hold you as an interested spectator. A great book, w...more " | |||
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Thanks for being the first fan of BFL. I just read a description of Totally Killer on Rebecca Adler's website (The Inside Cover) and was completely fascinated. Can't wait to read it.
Saleh wrote: "Hi.What We Talk About When We Talk About Love?PLZ Answer The Question In My Profile "You've been pondering this question for a while, eh? But don't you think the "we" is a bit generalized? I mean, when one person talks about love, it surely isn't going to amount to what we all have in mind -- and I say this as one who's often censured for "generalizing."
Still, as with every subject, what we talk about when we talk about love is finally a way of talking about ourselves. It's a bit like the old adage that a critic's musings on a book (or a movie or a painting or what have you) is more about him- or herself than the thing (supposedly) scrutinized. I don't mean to sound cynical. On the contrary, I think we all can't help but speak or argue selfishly, beginning with the speck that is ourselves, and that speck ultimately illuminates something larger, revealing a corner of the soul we all share. Even the most seemingly idiotic comment on, say, YouTube, attacking a dress worn by Oprah Winfrey or Brad Pitt's facial hair, is finally informative. It tells us (or me at least) a little of what people we'll probably never meet deem important.
Hopefully this doesn't come off as pompous or as obvious as I expect it might. I'm a bit drunk, returning home at the crack of dawn after a long night with friends. I'd no doubt answer you better after sleep. And now to get it.
