Eric, the pale ,redhead from Alabama, left his male lover in Paris to return to New York.
He eventually hooked up with Cass, a neglected wife of a mediocre writer.
A successful ,mediocre writer. Richard.
This author likes to tell multiple layers at once.
So in one story, he changes sexual preference, from gay to bisexual, and he perfectly describes how people feel after years of a relationship.
They feel like it’s a “business arrangement”. To be a mother, a cook, a housemaid.. to be unnoticed as a partner…
To have the passion leave.
Completely by accident.
Stomped out by time.
Broken by all the arguments and conflicts,, and just how dirty things can get when lovers set out to hurt each other…
And for the male?
Eric loves men.
It’s what he’s into..
But he looked at this woman, in her sorrow and neglect, and he saw all the things that make a person desirable.
And his penis got hard.
So they hooked up.
So… in one story, he told multiple stories..
Which is dope.
Extremely skilled.
Like saying “I can make you think about six different things, simply by framing the situation correctly”
Incredible respect for James Baldwin.
On the soul level.
Fiction, sure.
But masterfully executed .
I wish I could be like you,sir.
dawn 