Desert Journal,Used

From Author Ruth Weiss On Writing Desert Journal: A Life Of Its Own This Book Desert Journal. Thought It Would Be Novel To Write A Novel. Do The Math. 5 X 4 = 200. So For 40 Days Do 5 Pages. Decision. 5 Pages Nonstop Each Day Whatever Surfaces. Even If Only One Word Per Page. Forget Characters & Plot. This Is A Novel Moderne. Focus The Internal Desert. Being A Watersign Most Fearful Place The Desert. Need To Explore That Place. Had Never Been To The Actual Desert. 1961. Begin. It Was Finished In 1968. 7 Years. Readings Through Those Years Had Audience Call Numbers Up To The Point Of Completion. Someone Would Always Ask How Do You Know This About Me? Desert Journal Has A Life Of Its Own. Im Only The Instrument. Sent Manuscript Out. No Takers. 1975. Went To New York City. In & Out Of Publishing Houses. No Takers. Back Home In San Francisco. No Mistaking The Message. Magnetize The Call For It. A Week Later. Phone Call From Boston. Charley Shively Of Good Gay Poets Press. Had Heard Me At Wild Side West, A Womens Bar In San Francisco. I Had Mentioned Looking For A Publisher. Desert Journal Came Out In 1977. Currently Ive Stolen Lines From It & Collaged Into New Poems Light Works, Bypass Linz, & Suicide Dreams. 40 Days 7 Years. Those Numbers Have Farreaching Biblical References. Was Not Aware Of That. Now, Thanks To David Brinks Of Trembling Pillow Press In New Orleans, This Book Continues As A Reprint. On A Life Of Its Own.