IS WALTER MACKEY THE “GAY BUKOWSKI OF ALT LIT”?

even tho i disagree with much of his essay on “#quickshit,” i have to admit, walter mackey”s confidence and tenacity is kind of boosteing to me.. mackey”s willingness to present himself as a total asshole is starting to remind me, fondly, of charles bukowski or even a formspring-era zachary german

charles bukowski also had a similar take on #quickshit, even in the age of the typewriter (my italics):

if it doesn’t come bursting out of you
in spite of everything,
don’t do it.
unless it comes unasked out of your
heart and your mind and your mouth
and your gut,
don’t do it.
if you have to sit for hours
staring at your computer screen
or hunched over your
typewriter
searching for words,
don’t do it.

[…]

if you have to sit there and
rewrite it again and again,
don’t do it. 

[…]

if you first have to read it to your wife
or your girlfriend or your boyfriend
or your parents or to anybody at all,
you’re not ready.

[…]

unless it comes out of
your soul like a rocket,
unless being still would
drive you to madness or
suicide or murder,
don’t do it.

i wil discuss “#quickshit” a little in my forthcomeing essay, haha which i keep talkeing up.. i will probaly post it tomorow

Jul 01 2012 / 40 notes