Category Archives: Memoir

David Marks, Part IV

On the cusp of marriage, David Marks shows up again, this time in Quentin Rowan’s bedroom after following him for more than 20 years. Continue reading

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That’s Why the Lady Was on Stamps

In a nation of ample food, withholding it is punitive, argues Litsa Dremousis. Continue reading

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David Marks, Part III

Warlocks, doubles, doppelgangers, and David Marks. In Part III he stalks Quentin Rowan through college, via The Grateful Dead and The Velvet Underground. Continue reading

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David Marks, Part II

In Part II, Quentin Rowan’s doppelganger haunts him for more than 20 years, this week going from the David Marks in The Beach Boys to Bennington, VT. Continue reading

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David Marks, Part I

Quentin Rowan’s doppelganger haunts him for more than 20 years, in a tale that takes in high school, Joseph Conrad, the Beach Boys and his own history. Continue reading

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Nature vs. Nurture vs. Parker Stevenson

Tom Gualtieri on the origins of his sexuality. Continue reading

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Echoes from the Planet of Sound

Dan Coxon footnotes his way through the best show the Pixies ever played, bar none. Or maybe he was just drunk. Continue reading

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