If you want to know why crime-boss Lansdale in That’s How I Roll named his daughter Patsy, listen to the audio file: Andrew Vachss on Dave Marsh’s “Live from the Land of Hopes and Dreams” from Sirius XM radio show on April 29, 2012. It starts with a track by Kasey Lansdale!
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Andrew Vachss never reads from his work. Or, rather, he almost never reads from his work. He’s done it maybe four times. We recorded one of these rare events [March 10, 2003 at Barnes & Noble in NYC] and present that reading—and the Q&A afterward.
U.S. Election, Taliban Style
At this point, the pattern is clear. The election has given these candidates (and more to come) the courage to publicly wallow in their own filth. And their dreams of a country where women are subjugated by law are nearing reality.
Swimming at the Horizon
Vachss is the only lawyer in the country to exclusively represent children. He’s become an avenger for the prey of adult abusers, exploiters, and the general scum of the Earth. He works tirelessly on their behalf to bring justice to criminals who take advantage and desecrate our nation’s young people. It seemed the mere suggestion that anything else took priority over his cause was absurd. When I asked how he balanced his work with the crafting of novels, he replied simply and sternly. “I write about what I do. What I have been doing my whole life. But I don’t attempt to balance it. They don’t need to be balanced. My work is what counts. When and if there’s time available, I use it for writing.