John Bennett/Vagabond Press

Writer, publisher, 1985

 

Back when I photographed John Bennett, he was a devout user of his Smith Corona portable typewriter. No word processor for him: "With a word processor, that's what you get: Processed words!!" He just bought a new Imac, and is, I am sure, having a lot of fun with it.

When the writer was asked what kind of adjectives he would like to see describing him, his response: "How about dashing and debonair?  Suicidal and sympathetic?  Thunderous
and theatrical?  Drastic and downtrodden?  Sexually subdued?  Tras....."

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K. L. Slusher