Jonathan Lethem, introduction to *The Ecstasy of Influence*.
I suppose my loyal reader is sick of watching me read Lethem. My friend Isabel recently decreed that she would only hang out with me & this other friend of mine (Isaac, his name is)if we agreed to discuss Lethem not at all. Isaac said, “Let’s talk about Talking Heads!”
Know the first thing I said?
"I’ve been listening to *Fear of Music* a ton since reading *The Disappointment Artist*."
Is, as was only good and right, stormed off. The ecstasy of influence, indeed.