Blake Butler

FLOOD : Whether Gravey is using this opening disorientation voice as a way of disclaming his own actions I am unsure. He seems sometimes to be speaking directly to the reader, while at other times at ou or through you or around you; perhaps, forgive me, inside you. Frequently one gets the sense of several of these modes in play at once. There are as well perhaps still other modes I’ve yet to consider, though I hope that in my exploration of his words I can begin to draw out what lies underneath. Unfortunately, my transcription here removes the context of Gretch Gravey’s particularly mangled/child-eyed/dogshit handwriting, which even after just minutes of staring at gives me a fever.