My Life as an Aerophyte

originally published in 2005, this is nick courage's deleuze and guattari inspired autobiography. as dirty and transcendant as a kunslerroman can be:

“i’m going to ignore his advice to preserve the limited edition quality of the binding and make this a dirty tattered little book to strike out at life with."

"i read most of [my life...]. some parts i don't really understand but I like it [....] life in gainesville is one suckfest after another."

“i read this book cover to cover twice and it made me want to hop a freight train even more than desolation angels did.”

“i got [my life...] yesterday and pretty much devoured it in one sitting. I think it's safe to say that a distrust and disbelief in john hughes had a significant influence on [the author’s] adolescence, spurring a strong dislike for the typecasted roles of james spader. i couldn't agree more. the book was amazing.”

“nicholas richardson is [...] unafraid of taking risks with his writing. he challenges the nature of what a bildungsroman can mean.”

“i read [my life...] this morning and it got me thinking about how i am dissatisfied with the person i have created until this point and where that person will end up if i keep headed in this direction. i don't know if that was the intended reaction for when someone reads it, but it got me thinking nonetheless...”

“yo [mingus], is this for real?”

“sun baked and smelling of beignets, my life as an aerophyte speaks to both the disarticulation and interconnectivity of humanity in post-katrina new orleans [...] in a rebellious style unique to the author.”

“i finally got [my life...] and enjoyed it a lot! i read it in the mission right across from 826 valencia so that dave eggers could smell the words off of the pages! [...] i am looking forward to the poems. i hope they're not e.e. cummingsy though!”