Do it! Not many people smoke nowadays, and he wears a Vietman hat and just … talks. Super cool. There isn’t a crowd, most younger folks haven’t heard of him (no judgement), so it’s him being chill and funny.

As I said in another reply, just go to Texas State University, Flower’s Building, and have a smoke with him outside. He will talk your ear off and it is amazing. And, to boot, in Austin, at the Ransom Center are his papers, etc. Right along with DFW. He is the best.

He is rad. I did grad studies in Lit at Texas State, and was luccy enough to not only have him as a teacher, but to smoke outside the building with him and just … hear him talk. He speaks with an eloquence (even in jest) of which I could only dream.

I am currently reading America Fantastica, and it is brilliant. I have read all of his other stuff. Going After Cacciato deserves the praise it gets, and more.