“Everyone gets 15 minutes of shame”
New York, Feb 2008 – AWP off-site event –
I was asked by Dawn Lundy Martin & Stephanie Hopkins to read with others in their room at the Chelsea Hotel. For my 15 minutes I got into bed, removed my pants, set my timer, and improvised a live instant-message conversation in front of the audience, speaking aloud my half of the conversation.
Excerpts from the transcript:
No t’ in bed, yeah
Of course
No I would never lie to you
No I would never lie in bed
No iwould never lie in your bed to you
No I would never lie to you in bed
No
OK
No not hat
No not hat
Well I would do that but all these people are watching me
well that’s more of a philosophical question, isn’t it?
No I think it is “writing”
No it’s true, it’s only happending “now” but isn’t hat
What “we” claim to “want”? that kind of presence?
Yeah theyre hard
Do I have to?
Ok
Yeah they are.
No I told you I don’t lie
Yes when I write fiction it’s by definition lies
And yes I am writing fiction now
And yes I ma lying (down) now
No
No
Maybe
No
Ok
Buuck/BARGE 