Very interesting, Ari. I just finished the Bailey biography, and I've had something of the opposite reaction. I still love Roth's work, but I got more of his life than I wanted. It's all so tawdry. I find I'm more interested in the fact that he alchemized his life as he did than I am in what he used as the raw ingredients of that alchemy. I love Sabbath's Theater -- like you, I gather -- but, for the moment at least, I enjoy it less knowing some of the ways he pried personal heartbreak out of others to inform it.
I'll work up my own review soon, but I am glad to see your thoughts here.
Very interesting, Ari. I just finished the Bailey biography, and I've had something of the opposite reaction. I still love Roth's work, but I got more of his life than I wanted. It's all so tawdry. I find I'm more interested in the fact that he alchemized his life as he did than I am in what he used as the raw ingredients of that alchemy. I love Sabbath's Theater -- like you, I gather -- but, for the moment at least, I enjoy it less knowing some of the ways he pried personal heartbreak out of others to inform it.
I'll work up my own review soon, but I am glad to see your thoughts here.
I may know more about your dating life than I do about my own children. Great piece. Keep them coming.
Thank you so much! Means the world