I always wondered, you know, if I was deluding myself. But I think it comes to this: the universe didn’t appoint me to write anything, but I can’t live without making art, and this is what I find I can do. I weep, I laugh, and nothing else brings me quite as close to what an orgasm is like. So there’s my answer.

— Asher's Maxim 258

Asher Black

Asher Black is a former literary and review editor who writes, thinks, reads, listens, and is interested in the interior darkness of the soul.

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