Originally Posted by
helpimalive 
Yes, I like that one too!
And of course, his observations, his ideas about what makes a person authentic, and yes, his rawness, are what attract me to his work, and not the alcoholism. The alcoholism that runs through his work and his life is what makes me feel ambivalent about him.
Agreed, if anything makes me roll my eyes at him it's the alcoholism, I feel like he glorifies it, I think he could've written about it brilliantly if acknowledged it for what it was.
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Thanks for reminding me, I haven't read him in a while!