FUCK YEAH EILEEN MYLES

But this was a cover letter from Eileen Myles, hoping the professor’s summer was going well, asking if she could teach two classes, implying that this would improve her financial situation. She had inscribed the book to him (“Warmly,”), and he had sold it. OK, I guess. There are only so many books a person can own at any one time, but I still couldn’t imagine ever selling a signed one, and definitely not one signed by Eileen Myles. Eileen Fucking Myles! Didn’t the professor know Eileen Myles was famous? She was famous, wasn’t she?

—A Portrait of the Artist Engulfed in Flames