I'm indebted to a number of social satirists, but especially Tama Janowitz and Cintra Wilson. I've also borrowed literary strategies from a lot of foofy writers like Truman Capote, Patrick Dennis, and P.G. Wodehouse. And some of my acidity has probably rubbed off from Gary Indiana.
Favorite Books
Cruddy by Lynda Barry, Sleeping Father by Matthew Sharpe, The Buddha of Suburbia by Hanif Kureishi, Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole, Cigarette Waltz by Philip-Dmitri Galas, Drugs Are Nice by Lisa Carver, A Perfect Scar by Trebor Healey, Fabulous Nobodies by Lee Tulloch, Youth in Revolt by C.D. Payne, The Extra Man by Johnathan Ames, Whistling Song by Stephen Beachey, Married Alive by Julie Burchill, Good Times/Bad Times by James Kirkwood, All Fall Down by James Leo Herlihey, The Male Crossdressers Support Group by Tama Janowitz, The Flower Beneath the Foot by Ronald Firbank, Remember Me by Bo Huston, Resentment: A Comedy by Gary Indiana, The Laziest Secretary in the World by Jennifer Blowdryer, Torpor by Chris Kraus
