EMPATHY

...is what i found went i went looking for selfish and perverse, which title i had found out in the meantime had been borrowed from beethoven by author bob smith. art and stuff, indeed! (when i'd questioned beethoven's credentials, sean magee had burned his social security card.) why, though, did i find sarah schulman where i went looking for smith in gay and lesbian fiction if alan hollinghurst is in one of the general aisles?

"overwhelming news and overwhelming personal confusion. plausible deniability, extreme money funneling, circuitous routes. not telling people or telling people that you're not telling."

then going ahead and just telling. sorry folks (dan savage was there too), it hasn't really gotten better.