in which Pushcart-nominated Baltiomore cryptid Dave K and i talk literary gatekeeping, the motives behind writing, and art's tethering to capitalism (at least in the US)...
where to find Dave:
website - https://okaydavek.com/
insta - @davekisdavek
other things referenced:
Don't Waste Flares by Dave K - https://www.bruisermag.com/davek_flares
Batman: The Golden Streets of Gotham - https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/Batman-The-Golden-Streets-of-Gotham
Anti-Story: An Anthology of Experimental Fiction by Philip Stevick - https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Anti-Story/Philip-Stevick/9780029315002
Marat/Sade by Peter Weiss - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marat/Sade
The Death of the Author by Roland Barthes - https://writing.upenn.edu/~taransky/Barthes.pdf
Last Days by Brian Evenson - https://coffeehousepress.org/products/last-days
The Three Sunrises by Edward Mullaney - https://www.publishinggenius.com/catalog/the-three-sunrises-by-edward-mullany/
Raymond Carver - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Carver
Paul Auster - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Auster
Haruki Murakami - https://www.harukimurakami.com/
Hush up and listen stinky poo butt by Sparling, Ken - https://archive.org/details/hushuplistenstin0000spar/mode/2up