10. an unfortunate woman

[huckfinns]

there's never gonna be such thing as a poor man's richard brautigan.

an unfortunate woman was published after his death, by his daughter. it was one of his last pieces which was arguably not written for eventual publication. i am so happy it was though! most of kafka's work was published after his death by a friend who he entrusted to burn all

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[overtures]

I thought I kept old filled journals for me, and I do for the most part. The revisiting part. But sometimes I think I keep them with this idea that someone is going to read them some day, against any will of my own. I sort of have weird fantasies about it. Not really that I'll be dead and my journals will acclaimed and I'll be posthumously recognized for my genius or something. Just that maybe I won't be around and someone will want to know what I have to say even if it's the real nitty gritty honest shit. Or whatever the things we don't want to share are. Maybe they're dishonest

[huckfinns]

oh bb im so glad yr up & talking. im wide awake. i too keep all my old paper journals but i never revisit them. it bums me out when i do. & the warped posthumously-recognized-brilliance fantasy is such a great downtime fantasy. i particularly like that one & my sheep-farm-in-scotland being a prince fantasy.

anne lamott obviously is unaware of how best friends treat best friends' first drafts after they die. i still havent looked at first drafts differently since reading that book. i do however carry around dirty index cards now.