Sampsell, Kevin

A Common Pornography

Harper:
New York: 2010
First printing, Trade paperback, New,
218 pp
Cover artwork by: Milan Bozic

Wow. I was buying goofy chapbooks and weird “magazines” from Kevin long about the turn of the century. I found Kevin to be a funny, groovy and responsive fellow. Now he’s written and sold his “memoirs.” I had no idea that Kevin had such a tumultuous and semi-horrific background. This is a collection of snapshots from Kevin’s childhood and a rather bleak and horrific portrait of his family. It is said to be alternately funny and terrifying. That’s a combination I like and, since I read and enjoyed most of Kevin’s early self-published stuff, I wanna read this. Recommended.   #42882