Details about the life of mythical (that is to say, fictitious) writer whose wake will take place at The Charnel House in Chicago on May 4th at 7:00 pm are hard to come by, and, indeed, unverifiable by any respectable standard. Nevertheless, researchers have made available the index to Raskolnikov P. Firefly's unpublished and unauthorized biography of McPhael. Reading between the lines, one begins to sense the shape of the life of the author of many of the most important nonexistent literary works of our time. Here, for your delectation, is the document in its present, incomplete state. Any further information regarding McPhael that you may be privy to would be much appreciated by McPhael's executors, whom I represent.
Index to the Unauthorized Biography of Fallon McPhael
Allergies
To
Australians (claimed) 366
Peanut 110,
114, 298, 301, 333
M.S.G. 298, 377-8
Anania, Michael 191
Ammons, A.R. 115,
118, 120-122, 403
Negative
review of 121
Barbarella, cameo
in 191
Bernstein, Charles 406-11
Physical altercation
with 407
Berrigan, Ted 110-112
Bohemianism 10
Boxing 9-12,
33-34, 177, 407
Breton, Andre 34-39,
46, 60-64
And
founding of Villanesque Quarterly
40
Canadian citizenship (rumored) 101,
130-6, 400
Chicago Sun-Times 121, 180, 200,
299-301, 333
Coast Guard 13-18,
22, 66, 291, 400
Creeley, Robert 89,
98, 103-106
Curling 101,
130-6, 400
Democratic National Convention, 1968
41-45
Dick Cavett Show 220-221
Dune buggies 44,
47, 55, 59-60, 88, 101-2, 187-188
Lack of skill in driving 88, 101
Lack of skill in driving 88, 101
Ethnopoetics 250-255,
278, 310-312
Tragic
misunderstanding regarding 310-311
Farrell, James T. 220-221
Gems Spa see
Berrigan, Ted
Ghosts, belief in 11,
29, 88, 101, 104, 362
Of Frank O’Hara 88, 101, 362
Of Rasputin 31
Of Yeats 360-363
Ginsberg, Allen 139,
407-8
Greektown (neighborhood) 151,
154-159
Green Integer (publisher) 166,
213
Lawsuit
against 170-193 passim, 281, 316, 429
Green Mill Tavern 59-61,
173, 230
Harper & Row (publisher) 66,
131
Lawsuit against 131
Hemingway, Ernest 34,
37, 348-50
Hospitalizations 202-203,
221, 407-8
Fonda, Jane 190-194,
233, 237, 252, 408
Iowa Writers Workshop 80-84,
89, 104, 221, 230, 232-5, 301-2
Lawsuit against 233-5
Lawsuit against 233-5
Kenyon Review,
conspiracy against 112-113, 410
Lake Forest Literary Festival 398-9
Lawsuit against 398
Lawsuit against 398
Laroux, Leslie 101
Levertov, Denise 166
Loyola University (Chicago) 45-59,
60, 322
Lycanthropy 103,
355, 357
MacArthur Genius Grant 3,
6, 199-201
Refusal of 200-1
McSweeney, Joyelle
Alleged paternity of 334
Plagiarism from works by 367
Mailer, Norman 177,
219-220
Mexico 60-63,
99-100, 366
Piñata
incident 103
Prison in 104
Motorcycles 60-3,
187-188, 202-203
New Directions (publisher) 235-237,
440
Lawsuit
against 239
Nickname 11,
44, 67-69, 145, 406-407
Alleged
origin of 68
Altercation
regarding 407
O’Brien, Edna 47,
88
Drink
thrown at 47
Revenge sought by 88
Revenge sought by 88
O’Hara, Frank 44,
47, 88, 101
Papacy, opinions on 103,
355, 357-359
Pentagon, levitation of 139
Paris 60-72,
167, 406-408
Perloff, Marjorie 407
Phobias 44,
104 190, 199, 235, 277-80, 345, 347, 399
Picasso, Pablo 66,
131, 156, 209
Poetry Magazine 68, 120-3, 390
Editorship (refusal of) (claimed) 122
Lawsuit against 123
Postmodernism, flirtation with 340-1
Editorship (refusal of) (claimed) 122
Lawsuit against 123
Postmodernism, flirtation with 340-1
Regrets 366-7, 370
Psilocybin 99-100,
156, 209
Public sculpture 66,
131, 156, 209
Public nudity (charged) 66,
131
Public urination (charged) 66, 131, 156, 209, 235-237
Ragdale Artist’s Colony 98-101,
234-5
Fire at 99-100
Rosset, Barney 200-240
passim
And I am Curious, Yellow 213-217
Snyder, Gary 30,
33, 39, 99-100
Stephens, M.G. 17-23
Suitcases (collection) 10,
30-3, 100, 223-9, 300, 348-50
Star Wars 77,
79, 213-230 passim, 409
Steinbeck, John 21-24,
33, 50, 55, 61, 420
Steinbrenner, George 371-372
Suppressed works 415-417
Terkel, Studs 56,
97-100
Admiration
of 97
Actively disliked
by 98
“Tupelo Honey” (song) 145,
361-366, 422, 424, 426
University of Chicago Press 1,
411
Lawsuit
against 81-89, 409
University of Notre Dame 290-291,
365, 370
First
Sophomore literary festival
290
Van Morrison collaboration 422,
424, 426
Vendler, Helen 232-235,
300, 303, 306
Alleged
affair with 300
Negatively
reviewed by 303, 306, 309, 312,
340, 345, 347, 390
Villanesque
Quarterly, editorship 40-55,
307, 400;
Founding 40
in France 60-72
Rejection of 400
Vitkauskas, Lina Ramona
Alleged
paternity of 323
Wayne State University 7,
277
Whistles, tin 88,
104, 145, 407-8, 422, 44, 426
Yaddo residency 300, 303
Yeats, W.B. 90-94,
100, 145-50, 170, 201, 234, 260-5
Zyzzyva (journal)
Lawsuit
against 399
Selected Works of Fallon McPhael
Criticism
Come Here and Say That: Essays and Reviews
Poetry
The Wheel and the Barrow
South Shore Lines
Three Words and Nine Sketches of
Lemons
L=A=R=R=Y
The Droids You’re Looking For
Gorilla Warfare
My Only Regret
Journalism/Memoir
In the Ring with Mailer
Novels
The Last Bar in Bridgeport
The Existing Disorder
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