Take My Advice Letters to the Next Generation from People Who Know a Thing or Two

Take Their Advice:Camille Paglia Wayne Koestenbaum Jonathan Ames Jennifer Belle Howard Zinn Joe Dallesandro Bruce LaBruce Dr. Laura Schlessinger Tom Robbins Judith Butler Martha Nussbaum Horst William S. Burroughs Larry Niven Veruschka Lydia Lunch Spalding Gray Eileen Myles Roger Scruton Ken Kesey Mary Gaitskill Richard Powers Mark Dery Florence King Mark Simpson Bob Shacochis Joanna Scott Quentin Crisp Carolyn Chute Michael Thomas Ford Alexander Theroux George Saunders Charles Baxter Ian Shoales Fay Weldon Bruce Benderson Scott Russell Sanders John Shirley Dr. John Money Cindy Sherman Richard Meltzer Gene Wolfe Abbie Hoffman Diane Wakowski Richard Taylor Bette Davis Arthur Nersesian Jim Harrison Martha Gellhorn Lucius Shepard Dan Jenkins Steve Stern Murray Bookchin John Zerzan Maurice Vellekoop Joel-Peter Witkin Stewart Home Maxx Ardman Katharine Hepburn Bret Lott Lynda Barry Alain de Botton Mary McCarthy Hakim Bey Anita O'Day Chris Kraus R. U. Sirius C. D. Payne W. V. Quine Rita Dove Robert Creeley Valerie Martin Paul Krassner Alphonso Lingis Mark Helprin John Rechy Ram Dass William T. Vollmann and Bettie Page

James L. Harmon is a descendant of the outlaw Cole Younger (Mom's side) and the renegade Comanche chief Quanah Parker (Dad's side). He rarely takes advice. A writer and artist, he lives in Portland, Oregon.