Headless

by Weissman, Benjamin

• ISBN13: 9781888451498
• ISBN10: 1888451491
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-02-01
• Publisher: Akashic Books, Ltd.

Summary

"Headless is fearless, fun, and sometimes filthy . . . an alphabet soup of -delight in language. Eat up."-Alice Sebold "Brilliant. Wildly inventive, profane, and hilarious."-Bret Easton Ellis The author of the acclaimed cult classic Dear Dead Person ("refreshing, nauseating, hilarious"-Kirkus) returns with this long-awaited collection of brilliantly written and outrageously imaginative short stories. Benjamin Weissman is the author of Dear Dead Person (High Risk/Serpent's Tail, 1995). He is a contributing editor to Bomb Magazine and writes regularly for the contemporary art magazines Parkett and Artforum. A painter and a professor at Art Center College of Design and Otis College of the Arts, he now lives in Los Angeles.

Table of Contents

Bloodthirsty Man
Hitler Ski Story	p. 11
Bloodthirsty Man	p. 15
Of Two Minds	p. 25
Wicked Maid Churning Butter	p. 31
Monkey Man Killer	p. 33
Pajamas	p. 39
Morality Play	p. 43
Marnie
Clare	p. 49
Centipede	p. 57
The Fecality of it All	p. 61
Baby Hairs	p. 67
Marnie	p. 75
Tips from the Sensual Man
Tips from the Sensual Man	p. 91
Pink Slip of Wood	p. 93
Twins	p. 99
Enchanted Forest	p. 103
Dear Apres-Ski Forum	p. 109
Technically Dadless
Death by Toilet	p. 121
Cliff	p. 129
Our Lizards	p. 135
Technically Dadless	p. 139
My Two Sons	p. 143
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