bartyrdom

The big news is that a first edition (and nearly spotless copy) of 'Mayfair', the original and most ancient British porn magazine, plus a slightly stained copy of 'Bondage Weekly', also a first edition, very, very rare, were exchanged for one copy of my 'Borderline' in Camberwell on Sunday. A copy of 'The Bush' was traded for a fine painting and a bottle of wine. A Richard Rathwell impersonator was offered a reading at a literary pub called 'The Green'. The organizer of an Italian saint's street festival said my book had made the festival a success. Don't ask me why. Can Gary Snyder say the same? Can Chatterton?