For Now

In this third Why I Write volume, Eileen Myles addresses the social, political, and aesthetic conditions that shape their work"A sharply etched, unvarnished self-portrait."?Kirkus Reviews"[Myles] has a good time journeying through Hell, and like a hip Virgil, . . . is happy to show us the way."?NPR"This is signature Myles: the unconventional syntax, the jazzy rhythms, the total commitment to writing in the heat of the moment, not edited or modulated by concessions to linear rationality."?Phil Gambone, Gay & Lesbian Review In this raucous meditation, Eileen Myles offers an intimate glimpse into creativity's immediacy. With erudition and wit, Myles recounts their early years as an awakening writer; existential struggles with landlords; storied moments with neighbors, friends, and lovers; and the textures and identities of cities and the country that reveal the nature of writing as presence in time.   For Myles, t