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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” - We’ve 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 Millett’s, 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 We’ve Been Shat On all found a home in Millett’s first book. “My Gentile, Plaintive Beauty” is an intriguing look at Millett’s 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 Millett’s paper thin explanations for each poem’s inclusion is hilarious, and only topped by the teacher’s final comments of “I’m not really sure if it’s 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

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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”, “We’ve 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, I’ll sum up the 90’s for you…half the people were waiting for something happen, while the other half were sneering at what just happened.” - Earl Todteman

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