OPENING STATEMENT

THE CASEAGAINSTTHE AUTHOR

This is the file as it stands: the work, the fallout, the witness accounts, the contradictions, what was said in public, and what kept speaking after everyone else had stopped.

Bastard Saint
PENDING PUBLIC RELEASE
PUBLIC EXHIBITS
AUTHOR’S DEPOSITION
DEPOSITIONPENDING PUBLIC RELEASE
01

When did confession become part of your brand?

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02

Who gets to publish a failure after you have made it useful?

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03

Would you still tell the truth if nobody admired the volume?

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04

How many people have been reduced to characters so that you could remain the writer?

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VIEW ALL DEPOSITIONS
CONTRADICTIONS ENTERED INTO EVIDENCE
Bleeding vanity.
VS
Earned respect.
What was said.
VS
What was seen.
I built this alone.
VS
I was carried.
I write what I live.
VS
I perform what sells.
I don’t owe anyone.
VS
I owe more than I admit.
I want to be remembered.
VS
I fear being forgotten.
OPEN ANY FILE AND YOU WILL FIND THE OTHERS WAITING INSIDE IT.