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Rumpus Book ClubSlacker Laureate
“It can be quite hard to understand Geoff Dyer and his career. On the one hand he is known as the “Slacker Laureate”, a talented but laid-back writer who learned his craft living on the dole, smoking dope and sharing a group house with six friends in low-rent inner-London Brixton. Now 50, he likes to cast himself as a “drop-out loser type” who found a way to make a living out of his relaxed, almost aimless lifestyle.”
An article and interview with Geoff Dyer. Includes this nugget—”My lack of commercial success meant nobody could give a toss about what I was writing next so I could always do what I wanted. And I really think that is what matters.” (via TEV)
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