Living Up To His Name

In an article on "book blogs" in The New York Times by Pamela Paul (author of Pornified), Rick Moody is quoted as saying that he's a "suppurating wound of vulnerability." Admitting to searching for posts on himself on Technorati, he says: "I can graph it onto my serotonin levels. It's like taking a pill to enhance suicidal ideation. Even the good ones make me want to kill myself."

One can only wonder at his reaction to Dale Peck's earlier assessment of his work.