The Gordon Lish Notes

“Progress is not an illusion, it happens, but it is slow and invariably disappointing. There is always a new tyrant ...

pants down around my legs,shirt unbuttoned—the stink of my sweat—i walk with small steps,shoes untied. the sun is coming up. ...

“Sir Steward, the Bailiff, Robert by name, who is here, complaineth of William of the street, who is there, that ...