Statement

“If there were a man who dared to say all that he thought of this world there would not be left him a square foot of ground to stand on [. . .]If now and then we encounter pages that explode, pages that wound and sear, that wring groans and tears and curses, know that they come from a man with his back up, a man whose only defenses left are his words and his words are always stronger than the lying, crushing weight of the world, stronger than all the racks and wheels which the cowardly invent to crush out the miracle of personality. If any man ever dared to translate all that is in his heart, to put down what is really his experience, what is truly his truth, I think then the world would go to smash, that it would be blown to smithereens and no god, no accident, no will could ever again assemble the pieces, the atoms the indestructible elements that have gone to make up the world.”

― Henry Miller, TROPIC OF CANCER

Other writers, such as Scott Heimes and Charles Elwert (as well as Ian Tarnman, Richard Kostelanetz and David Arnold who are not presented here), represent a growing number of American writers who, without a specific group identity, are exploring similar lines of graphic and textual experimentation. Their works, because they reject the privileged status of the literary word, because they are, in fact, illegible in a strict literary context, are infrequently printed in literary journals...

CHARLES RUSSELL PARIS REVIEW #75

 I never "rejected the privileged status of the literary word," the literary word rejected my experimental or avant garde work which may be viewed here; however my traditional "literary" work cannot be displayed on this site!