OK, everyone who participates in Nobody’s Wedding is a star.
But Richard Peabody is a superstar. People who know him as the editor of
Gargoyle might not know of his own poetry, or his fiction, or the books he’s
edited via Paycock Press. Catch up with Mondo Peabody here.
Q. When did you start writing poetry?
A. 1975
Q. How do you define poetry?
A. tiny mind grenades
Q. What would you choose as your last meal?
A. rhubarb pie
Q. Where are you from, and what is your spiritual
homeland?
A. DC native. Spiritual homeland = New Mexico
Q. If a boardwalk caricaturist made your picture, what
would it look like? That is, what physical features, hobbies, etc., would be
included?
A. . a couple years ago I would have been changing
diapers. Now? Maybe holding a guitar.
Q. If they made a movie of your life, what would be the
title, what would be the theme song, and who would play you?
A. “Peabody and the Mermaid”; “Beck’s Bolero”; Kenneth
Branagh.
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