Bruce Boone Dismembered collects nearly five decades of writing by Bruce Boone, a founder of New Narrative and critical figure at the crossroads of late twentieth-century avant-garde and social movement writing. At once sexy and political, gossipy and scholarly, this crucial volume includes poems, stories, essays, interviews, and reviews.TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction by Rob HalpernEarly PoemsKarate FlowerWriting PoemsHe¿s the Lover of My SoulA Natural Form of Lovefrom SleepDodo the Cat Gives Himself to the Universe and Later Writes PoemsRemarks on Narrative: The Example of Robert Gl¿ck¿s Poetry Gay Language as Political Praxis: The Poetry of Frank O¿Hara Toward a Gay Theory for the ¿80s Writing Power ActivityWriting¿s Current Impasse and the Possibilities for RenewalLanguage Writing: The Pluses and Minuses of the New Formalism La Fontaine (with Robert Gl¿ck)¿Stoned out of my gourd¿: Review of Dennis Cooper¿s The Tenderness of the Wolves Kathy Acker¿s Great Expectations George Bataille