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CONTENTS:
1991
- Violence
- Goodbye
- The Loneliness Of An Ex Call Girl
- Embrace The Darkness
- Abyss
- Enter, Show Us Your Religion
- The Cosmopolitan Body
1992
- Friendship
- Away In The Air
- Father
- Estrogen
- Sensuous Patterns
- Heads-On-Sticks
- Tongue In Cheek
1993
- The Dark Kiss
- Hodag
- Summer=Life
- This Is Me
- Nutrient
- Her
- Shower
- Pool
- Snake Dance
- Wonderland
- Antagonism
- Testosterone
- My Gentle, Plaintive Beauty
- Weve Been Shat On
1994
(Illusion is the first of all pleasures)
- Testosterone
- Father
- Estrogen
- Interrogation
- Ranting Of The Unsatisfied Ego
- Fuck Suburbia (Sex Bomb)
- Ah, Romance!
- Home Is Where The Heart Bleeds
Ephemera

NOTES
Violence and Goodbye are two of the earliest pieces that Millett ever wrote, and display the very
rudimentary structures he used at that time.
The Loneliness Of An Ex Call Girl, Embrace The Darkness, and Abyss display another early technique of
Milletts, that is writing several new pieces in one sitting. He would call these composing sessions. Both
Embrace The Darkness and Abyss are previously unreleased.
Also both previously unreleased, Enter, Show Us Your Religion and The Cosmopolitan Body show Millett
branching out with more ambitious structures and themes.
The previously unreleased Friendship dates from Spring 1992, while the previously unreleased Away In The
Air is from September 1992, and was written in England.
Father and Estrogen from the Fall of 1992 show Millett improving as a writer and conceptualist, while the
previously unreleased Sensuous Patterns and Heads-On-Sticks (both written during the same composing
session at Nazareth) show Millett trying his hand at a more surrealist style.
Tongue In Cheek, written at Nazareth is interesting to compare against its released version as an example
of how Millett was beginning to improve as an editor of his own material.
The Dark Kiss, Hodag, Summer=Life, This Is Me, Nutrient, Her, and Shower comprise the complete set of
drafts written in one night in Rhinelander, WI during the Summer of 1993. Her, Hodag, and This Is Me are
all previously unreleased. Pool was written in Michigan that same Summer.
From the Fall of 1993, Snake Dance is a previously unreleased experimental piece, while Wonderland,
Antagonism, Testosterone, and Weve Been Shat On all found a home in Milletts first book.
My Gentile, Plaintive Beauty is an intriguing look at Milletts much rumored unreleased novel, The Great
American Novel.
Finally, the 1994 chapter of this material is the first ever release of Illusion Is The First Of All Pleasures.
You may remember this was written about at length in the re-release for Artcore Naked, though not
included in that collection. Reading Milletts paper thin explanations for each poems inclusion is hilarious,
and only topped by the teachers final comments of Im not really sure if its genius or garbage.
Thanks for reading. The love I feel from the public makes it all worthwhile.
Stanley Crouch

1991

1992

1993

1994
(Illusion is the first
of all pleasures)

Ephemera

L-R Rich Millett, Rich Millett, Patricia Millett 6-9-91

L-R Rich Millett, Keith McMahon, unknown 7-21-91

March 1992

Rich Millett, Marie Platek September 1992

London, September 1992

Michelle and Dr. Youngpeter, October 1992

Michelle & Rich, October 1992

October 1992

L-R Rich, Jean, Beth R, Ayiesha October 1992

L-R Karen Patyk, Rich & Michelle Xmas 1992

Xmas 1992

Father artwork, Fall 1992

March 1993

George John Papes 1993

6-19-93

Rich & Michelle

Rich & Keith

Various personas photo shoot, June 1993

Cicero/Berwyn photo shoot September 1993

October 6, 1993

L-R Karen, Beth R, Michelle & Rich 10-11-93

L-R Michelle, Karen, Beth R, Rich, Rich Millett, Pat Millett, Marie Platek 12-31-93

Self-portrait, May 1994

Ideas for Teen Gang zine, written by Jon Swae March 1994

March 1994

L-R Rich, Karen, Michelle, unknown, Beth R 2-10-94

Rich & Jon

Marcie, Jon, Kevin

L-R Marcie, Jon, Rich, Beth R

Chris, Beth L

L-R Michelle, Beth R, Kevin, Beth L, Jon

L-R Jenny, Marcie, Bernhard, Rich, Jon, Michelle, Beth R, Kevin, Chris, Beth L

L-R, Alyssa, Bernhard

Junior Year Retreat, February 1994

4-3-94

Violence, Goodbye, The Loneliness Of An Ex Call Girl, Embrace The Darkness, Abyss, Enter, Show Us
Your Religion, and The Cosmopolitan Body
written by Richard Millett 1991 published by FLUXLIFE INC.
Friendship, Away In The Air, Father, Estrogen, Sensuous Patterns, Heads-On-Sticks, and Tongue In
Cheek
written by Richard Millett 1992 published by FLUXLIFE INC.
The Dark Kiss, Hodag, Summer=Life, This Is Me, Nutrient, Her, Shower, Pool, Snake Dance,
Wonderland, Antagonism, Testosterone, My Gentle, Plaintive Beauty, Weve Been Shat On,
Interrogation, and Fuck Suburbia (Sex Bomb),
written by Richard Millett 1993 published by FLUXLIFE INC.
Ranting Of The Unsatisfied Ego, Ah, Romance!, and Home Is Where The Heart Bleeds
written by Richard Millett 1994 published by FLUXLIFE INC.

Here, Ill sum up the 90s for youhalf the people were waiting for something happen, while the other half were
sneering at what just happened.
- Earl Todteman

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