Wednesday, December 18, 2002
Books suggested by Henry Rollins in Ear Candy Interview
http://earcandy_mag.tripod.com/henryrollins.htm
E.C.: I have to personally thank you for turning me on to the works of Fyodor Dostoyevsky, he is amazing! Other writers I have heard you mention are Franz Kafka, Jack Womack, and F. Scott Fitzgerald, what are some other writers you could suggest?
Henry: Check Mikal Gilmore's book Shot in the Heart. Anything by Ryszard Kapuscinski is good. His book Imperium is amazing I think. Heavy reading though.
E.C.: Do you have any plans of carrying some of your favorite books on the 2.13.61 web site?
Henry: We are releasing Nick Cave's novel And the Ass Saw the Angel, that's one of my favorites.
E.C.: Is there a single trait that the writers you enjoy all share?
Henry: Originality and they all wrote in strained circumstances, financial, historical, etc. It seems to bring out something.
E.C.: You seem to read a lot of classics, are there any authors that have come along in the past 10 years you would recommend?
Henry: I really like Mark Richard's book The Ice at the Bottom of the Volcano. Ryszard Kapuscinskiâ€(tm)s stuff is great. I really like Joan Didion, James Ellroy, I have not read a lot of current stuff lately.
http://earcandy_mag.tripod.com/henryrollins.htm
E.C.: I have to personally thank you for turning me on to the works of Fyodor Dostoyevsky, he is amazing! Other writers I have heard you mention are Franz Kafka, Jack Womack, and F. Scott Fitzgerald, what are some other writers you could suggest?
Henry: Check Mikal Gilmore's book Shot in the Heart. Anything by Ryszard Kapuscinski is good. His book Imperium is amazing I think. Heavy reading though.
E.C.: Do you have any plans of carrying some of your favorite books on the 2.13.61 web site?
Henry: We are releasing Nick Cave's novel And the Ass Saw the Angel, that's one of my favorites.
E.C.: Is there a single trait that the writers you enjoy all share?
Henry: Originality and they all wrote in strained circumstances, financial, historical, etc. It seems to bring out something.
E.C.: You seem to read a lot of classics, are there any authors that have come along in the past 10 years you would recommend?
Henry: I really like Mark Richard's book The Ice at the Bottom of the Volcano. Ryszard Kapuscinskiâ€(tm)s stuff is great. I really like Joan Didion, James Ellroy, I have not read a lot of current stuff lately.
